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National Animals 2024

  • Some countries have multiple national animals, one or more of which may be extinct or mythical.

154 countries

Country
National Animal(s)
Scientific Name(s)
National Animal (Mythical)
Anguilla
  • Zenaida dove
  • Zenaida aurita
Madagascar
  • Zebu (in Malagasy heraldry)
  • Ring-tailed lemur (national animal)
  • Bos primigenius indicus
  • Lemur catta
Botswana
  • Zebra
  • Equus quagga
Serbia
  • Wolf
  • Lynx
  • Canis lupus lupus
  • Lynx lynx
  • White eagle
Estonia
  • Wolf
  • Canis lupus
Finland
  • Whooper swan (national bird)
  • Holly blue (national butterfly)
  • European perch (national fish)
  • Seven-spot ladybird (national insect)
  • Cygnus cygnus
  • Celastrina argiolus
  • Perca fluviatilis
  • Coccinella septempunctata
Poland
  • White-tailed eagle (national bird)
  • White stork (national bird)
  • European bison (national animal)
  • Haliaeetus albicilla
  • Ciconia ciconia
  • Bison bonasus
Honduras
  • White-tailed deer
  • Odocoileus virginianus
Latvia
  • White wagtail (national bird)
  • Two-spotted ladybird (national insect)
  • Motacilla alba
  • Adalia bipunctata
Lithuania
  • White stork
  • Ciconia ciconia
Bahrain
  • White Cheeked Bulbul
  • Pycnonotus leucotis
Vietnam
  • Water Buffalo
  • Tiger
  • Bubalus bubalis
  • Panthera tigris
  • Dragon
Peru
  • Vicuña
  • Vicugna vicugna
Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Vervet Monkey
  • Chlorocebus pygerythrus
Venezuela
  • Venezuelan troupial
  • Icterus icterus
Nicaragua
  • Turquoise-browed Motmot
  • Eumomota superciliosa
El Salvador
  • Turquoise-browed Motmot
  • Eumomota superciliosa
Uzbekistan
  • Turkestan sand cat
  • Felis margarita thinobia
India
  • Tiger (National animal)
  • Indian peacock (National bird)
  • King cobra (National reptile)
  • Ganges river dolphin (National aquatic animal)
  • Indian elephant (National heritage animal)
  • Panthera tigris
  • Pavo cristatus
  • Ophiophagus hannah
  • Platanista gangetica
  • Elephas maximus indicus
Myanmar
  • Tiger
  • Panthera tigris
Malawi
  • Thomson’s Gazelle
  • Eudorcas thomsonii
Costa Rica
  • The sloth
  • Folivora
Bhutan
  • Takin
  • Budorcas taxicolor
  • Druk
Lebanon
  • Striped Hyena
  • Hyaena hyaena
Seychelles
  • Striped Dolphin
  • Stenella coeruleoalba
Egypt
  • Steppe eagle
  • Aquila nipalensis
South Africa
  • Springbok (national animal)
  • Blue crane (national bird)
  • Galjoen (national fish)
  • Antidorcas marsupialis
  • Anthropoides paradiseus
  • Dichistius capensis
Afghanistan
  • Snow leopard
  • Panthera uncia
South Korea
  • Siberian tiger
  • Panthera tigris altaica
Solomon Islands
  • Sea turtle
  • Chelonioidea
Mongolia
  • Saker Falcon
  • Falco cherrug
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Saint Vincent amazon
  • Amazona guildingii
Zimbabwe
  • Sable antelope (national animal)
  • African fish eagle (national bird)
  • Hippotragus niger
  • Haliaeetus vocifer
Trinidad and Tobago
  • Rufous-vented Chachalaca
  • Scarlet Ibis
  • Ortalis ruficauda
  • Eudocimus ruber
Brazil
  • Rufous-bellied thrush
  • Turdus rufiventris
Argentina
  • Rufous hornero
  • Furnarius rufus
Uruguay
  • Rufous Hornero
  • Furnarius rufus
Bangladesh
  • Royal Bengal tiger (national animal)
  • Magpie robin (national bird)
  • Ilish (national fish)
  • Panthera tigris tigris
  • Copsychus saularis
  • Tenualosa ilisha
Angola
  • Red-crested turaco
  • Tauraco erythrolophus
Jamaica
  • Red-billed streamertail
  • Trochilus polytmus
Australia
  • Red kangaroo (national animal)
  • Emu (national bird)
  • Macropus rufus
  • Dromaius novaehollandiae
Ireland
  • Red Deer
  • Cervus elaphus
Guatemala
  • Quetzal
  • Pharomachrus mocinno
Croatia
  • Pine marten
  • Martes martes
Philippines
  • Philippine eagle
  • Pithecophaga jefferyi
Malta
  • Pharaoh Hound
  • Canis lupus familiaris
Iran
  • Persian lion
  • Panthera leo persica
Paraguay
  • Pampas fox
  • Lycalopex gymnocercus
Dominican Republic
  • Palmchat
  • Dulus dominicus
Palestine
  • Palestine Sunbird
  • Cinnyris osea
Namibia
  • Oryx
  • Oryx
DR Congo
  • Okapi
  • Okapia johnstoni
Canada
  • North American beaver
  • Canadian horse
  • Castor canadensis
  • Equus ferus caballus
Denmark
  • Mute swan (national bird)
  • Small tortoiseshell (national butterfly)
  • Cygnus olor
  • Aglais urticae
Pakistan
  • Markhor (National animal)
  • Indus river dolphin (National aquatic mammal)
  • Chukar (National bird)
  • Indus crocodile (National reptile)
  • Shaheen falcon (Heritage bird
  • Snow leopard (National predator)
  • Capra falconeri
  • Platanista indicus minor
  • Alectoris chukar
  • Crocodylus palustris
  • Falco peregrinus peregrinator
  • Panthera uncia
Kyrgyzstan
  • Markhor
  • Capra falconeri
Tajikistan
  • Marco Polo Sheep
  • Ovis ammon polii
Malaysia
  • Malayan tiger
  • Panthera tigris jacksoni
Kiribati
  • Magnificent Frigatebird
  • Fregata magnificens
Romania
  • Lynx
  • Lynx lynx
Netherlands
  • Lion
  • Black-tailed godwit
  • Panthera leo
  • Limosa limosa
Norway
  • Lion (royal national animal)
  • White-throated dipper (national bird)
  • Fjord horse (national horse)
  • Panthera leo
  • Cinclus cinclus
  • Equus ferus caballus
Sri Lanka
  • Lion (national animal)
  • Sri Lankan junglefowl (national bird)
  • Panthera leo
  • Gallus lafayettii
United Kingdom
  • Lion (England)
  • Bulldog (Britain as "British Bulldog")
  • Red kite (Wales)
  • Panthera leo
  • Canis lupus familiaris
  • Milvus milvus
  • Unicorn (Scotland)
  • Y Ddraig Goch (Welsh Dragon Wales)
Ethiopia
  • Lion
  • Panthera leo
Kenya
  • Lion
  • Panthera leo
Morocco
  • Lion
  • Panthera leo
Senegal
  • Lion
  • Panthera leo
Belgium
  • Lion
  • Panthera leo
  • Leo Belgicus (heraldic "Belgic lion")
Togo
  • Lion
  • Panthera leo
Sierra Leone
  • Lion
  • Panthera leo
Libya
  • Lion
  • Panthera leo
Bulgaria
  • Lion
  • Panthera leo
Singapore
  • Lion
  • Panthera leo
Liberia
  • Lion
  • Panthera leo
Gambia
  • Lion
  • Panthera leo
North Macedonia
  • Lion
  • Panthera leo
Luxembourg
  • Lion
  • Panthera leo
Cambodia
  • Kouprey
  • Bos sauveli
Indonesia
  • Komodo dragon
  • Varanus komodoensis
  • Garuda
New Zealand
  • Kiwi
  • Apteryx sp.
Azerbaijan
  • Karabakh horse
  • Equus ferus caballus
Guyana
  • Jaguar
  • Panthera onca
Italy
  • Italian Wolf
  • Canis lupus italicus
Laos
  • Indian Elephant
  • Elephas maximus indicus
Portugal
  • Iberian Wolf
  • Canis lupus signatus
  • Dragon
  • Cock of Barcelos
Chile
  • Huemul
  • Hippocamelus
San Marino
  • Horse
  • Equus caballus
Israel
  • Hoopoe
  • Upupa epops
Haiti
  • Hispaniolan trogon
  • Priotelus roseigaster
Panama
  • Harpy eagle
  • Harpia harpyja
Iceland
  • Gyrfalcon
  • Falco rusticolus
Uganda
  • Grey Crowned Crane
  • Balearica regulorum
Japan
  • Green pheasant (national bird)
  • Carp (national fish)
  • Phasianus versicolor
  • Cyprinus carpio
Turkey
  • Gray Wolf
  • Canis lupus
Mexico
  • Golden eagle (national animal)
  • Xoloitzcuintli (national dog)
  • Jaguar (national mammal)
  • Grasshopper (national arthropod )
  • Vaquita (national marine mammal)
  • Aquila chrysaetos
  • Canis lupus familiaris
  • Panthera onca
  • Sphenarium purpurascens
  • Phocoena sinus
Kazakhstan
  • Golden eagle
  • Aquila chrysaetos
Albania
  • Golden Eagle
  • Aquila chrysaetos
Tanzania
  • Giraffe
  • Giraffa camelopardalis
China
  • Giant panda
  • Red-crowned crane
  • Ailuropoda melanoleuca
  • Grus japonensis
  • Chinese dragon
France
  • Gallic rooster
  • Gallus gallus domesticus
Taiwan
  • Formosan Black Bear
  • Ursus thibetanus formosanus
Algeria
  • Fennec Fox
  • Vulpes zerda
Antigua and Barbuda
  • European fallow deer (national animal)
  • Frigate (national bird)
  • Hawksbill turtle (national sea creature)
  • Dama dama
  • Fregata magnificens
  • Eretmochelys imbricata
Belarus
  • European bison
  • Bison bonasus
Georgia
  • Eurasian wolf
  • Canis lupus lupus
Faroe Islands
  • Eurasian oystercatcher
  • Haematopus ostralgus
Sweden
  • Eurasian Elk/Moose (national animal)
  • Eurasian blackbird (national bird)
  • Alces alces
  • Turdus merula
Russia
  • Eurasian brown bear
  • Ursus arctos arctos
  • Double-headed eagle
Thailand
  • Elephant
  • Elephas maximus
Nigeria
  • Eagle
  • Black Crowned Crane
  • Haliaeetus leucocephalus
  • Balearica pavonina
Ghana
  • Eagle
  • Aquila
Armenia
  • Eagle
  • Aquila
Montenegro
  • Eagle
  • Aquila
Papua New Guinea
  • Dugong
  • Dugong dugon
Timor Leste
  • Dreaded crocodile
  • Crocodylus niloticus
Greece
  • Dolphin
  • Delphinus
  • Phoenix
Mauritius
  • Dodo
  • Raphus cucullatus
Cyprus
  • Cypriot mouflon
  • Ovis orientalis
Cuba
  • Cuban trogon
  • Priotelus temnurus
Nepal
  • Cow (national animal)
  • Danphe (national bird)
  • Bos taurus indicus
  • Lophophorus impejanus
Ukraine
  • Common nightingale
  • Luscinia megarhynchos
Fiji
  • Collared Lory
  • Phigys solitarius
Iraq
  • Chukar partridge, Goat
  • Alectoris chukar, Capra aegagrus
Spain
  • Bull
  • Bos taurus
Syria
  • Brown Bear
  • Ursus arctos
Slovakia
  • Brown Bear
  • Ursus arctos
Lesotho
  • Black Rhinoceros
  • Diceros bicornis
Gabon
  • Black panther
  • Panthera pardus
Austria
  • Barn swallow
  • Hirundo rustica
  • Austrian Bundesadler (heraldic "Federal Eagle")
United States
  • Bald eagle (national bird)
  • American bison (national mammal)
  • Haliaeetus leucocephalus
  • Bison bison
Belize
  • Baird's tapir (national animal)
  • Keel-billed toucan (national bird)
  • Tapirus bairdii
  • Ramphastos sulfuratus
Moldova
  • Aurochs
  • Bos primigenius
United Arab Emirates
  • Arabian oryx (national animal)
  • Peregrine falcon (national bird)
  • Oryx leucoryx
  • Falco peregrinus
Jordan
  • Arabian Oryx
  • Oryx leucoryx
Oman
  • Arabian oryx
  • Oryx leucoryx
Qatar
  • Arabian oryx
  • Oryx leucoryx
Yemen
  • Arabian Leopard
  • Panthera pardus nimr
Saudi Arabia
  • Arabian Camel
  • Camelus dromedarius
Tunisia
  • Arabian Camel
  • Camelus dromedarius
Kuwait
  • Arabian Camel
  • Camelus dromedarius
Eritrea
  • Arabian Camel
  • Camelus dromedarius
Colombia
  • Andean Condor
  • Vultur gryphus
Ecuador
  • Andean Condor
  • Vultur gryphus
Bolivia
  • Alpaca
  • Vicugna pacos
Turkmenistan
  • Akhal-Teke
  • Equus ferus caballus
Rwanda
  • African Leopard
  • Panthera pardus pardus
Sudan
  • African Fish Eagle
  • Haliaeetus vocifer
Zambia
  • African Fish Eagle
  • Haliaeetus vocifer
Mozambique
  • African Elephant
  • Loxodonta
Ivory Coast
  • African Elephant
  • Loxodonta
Germany
  • Bundesadler (heraldic "Federal Eagle")
North Korea
  • Chollima
Hungary
  • Turul

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