Country |
Name of animal |
Scientific name |
Afghanistan |
Snow leopard |
Panthera uncia |
Albania |
Golden eagle (primary national symbol) |
Aquila chrysaetos |
Angola |
Red-crested turaco (national bird) |
Tauraco erythrolophus |
Anguilla |
Zenaida dove |
Zenaida aurita |
Antigua and Barbuda |
Fallow deer (national animal) |
Dama dama |
Antigua and Barbuda |
Frigate (national bird) |
Fregata magnificens |
Antigua and Barbuda |
Hawksbill turtle (national sea creature) |
Eretmochelys imbricata |
Argentina |
Rufous hornero |
Furnarius rufus |
Australia |
Red kangaroo (national animal) |
Macropus rufus |
Australia |
Emu (national bird) |
Dromaius novaehollandiae |
Bangladesh |
Royal Bengal tiger (national animal) |
Panthera tigris tigris |
Belarus |
European bison |
Bison bonasus |
Belize |
Baird's tapir |
Tapirus bairdii |
Bhutan |
Druk |
Mythical |
Bhutan |
Takin |
Budorcas taxicolor |
Bolivia |
Andean condor |
Vultur gryphus |
Brazil |
Macaw |
Ara Macao |
Cambodia |
Kouprey |
Bos sauveli |
Canada |
North American beaver |
Castor canadensis |
Canada |
Canadian horse |
Equus ferus caballus |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Okapi |
Okapia johnstoni |
Costa Rica |
West Indian manatee |
Trichechus manatus |
Croatia |
Pine marten |
Martes martes |
Cuba |
Cuban trogon |
Priotelus temnurus |
Cyprus |
Cypriot mouflon |
Ovis orientalis |
Denmark |
Swan |
Swan |
Faroe Islands |
Eurasian oystercatcher ("national bird") |
Haematopus ostralegus |
Greece |
Phoenix |
Mythical |
Honduras |
White-tailed deer |
Odocoileus virginianus |
Hungary |
Turul |
Mythical |
Iceland |
Gyrfalcon |
Falco rusticolus |
India |
Bengal tiger (national animal) |
Panthera tigris tigris |
India |
Indian peafowl (national bird) |
Pavo cristatus |
India |
King cobra (national reptile) |
Ophiophagus hannah |
India |
Ganges river dolphin (national aquatic animal) |
Platanista gangetica |
India |
Gray langur (national heritage mammal) |
Semnopithecus |
India |
Indian elephant (national heritage animal) |
Elephas maximus indicus |
Indonesia |
Komodo dragon (national animal) |
Varanus komodoensis |
Indonesia |
Garuda (historic national animal) |
Mythical |
Iran |
Mugger crocodile |
Crocodylus palustris |
Israel |
Hoopoe (national bird) |
Upupa epops |
Jamaica |
Red-billed streamertail |
Trochilus polytmus |
Lebanon |
Phoenix |
Mythical |
Lebanon |
Striped hyena |
Hyaena hyaena |
Lithuania |
White stork |
Ciconia ciconia |
Macedonia |
Lion (in Macedonian heraldry) |
Panthera leo |
Malaysia |
Malayan tiger (national animal) |
Panthera tigris jacksoni |
Mauritius |
Dodo |
Raphus cucullatus |
Mexico |
Golden eagle (national animal/national bird) |
Aquila chrysaetos |
Mexico |
Xoloitzcuintli (national dog) |
Canis lupus familiaris |
Mexico |
Grasshopper (national arthropod) |
|
Mexico |
Jaguar (national mammal) |
Panthera onca |
Mexico |
Vaquita (national marine mammal) |
Phocoena sinus |
Mongolia |
Saker falcon (national bird) |
Falco cherrug |
Nepal |
Cow |
|
Netherlands |
Lion (heraldic symbol) |
Panthera leo |
New Zealand |
Kiwi |
|
North Korea |
Chollima |
Mythical |
Pakistan |
Markhor (national animal) |
|
Pakistan |
Chukar (national bird) |
|
Pakistan |
Snow leopard (national heritage animal) |
Panthera uncia |
Panama |
Harpy eagle |
Harpia harpyja |
Papua New Guinea |
Dugong (national marine mammal) |
|
Peru |
Vicuña (national animal) |
Vicugna vicugna |
Philippines |
Philippine eagle (national bird) |
Pithecophaga jefferyi |
Philippines |
milkfish (national fish) |
Chanos chanos |
Portugal |
Rooster of Barcelos |
Mythical |
Qatar |
Oryx |
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
St Vincent parrot |
|
Serbia |
Wolf |
Canis lupus lupus |
Serbia |
Lanner falcon |
|
Serbia |
Lynx |
|
Somalia |
Leopard (national animal) |
Panthera pardus |
South Africa |
Springbok (national animal) |
|
South Africa |
Blue crane (national bird) |
|
South Africa |
Galjoen (national fish) |
|
Sri Lanka |
Jungle fowl (national bird) |
|
Tanzania |
Giraffe |
Giraffa camelopardalis |
Turkey |
Grey wolf |
|
United Kingdom |
Bulldog (Britain as "British Bulldog" and England as "English Bulldog") |
|
United Kingdom |
Mute swan (English, Celtic and Irish traditions) |
|
United Kingdom |
Red kite (Wales) |
|
United Kingdom |
Unicorn (Scotland, Queen's Beast") |
Mythical |
United States |
Bald eagle |