List of National Animals of Every Country
India : Royal Bengal Tiger (National Animal)
The magnificent tiger, Panthera tigris is a striped animal. It has a thick yellow coat of fur with dark stripes. The combination of grace, strength, agility and enormous power has earned the tiger its pride of place as the national animal of India.
Snow Leopard Afghanistan
Afghanistan is one of the twelve countries inhabited by the rare and exquisite snow leopard. The species resides in the country’s remote and peaceful Wakhan Corridor in the northern province of Badakhshan and at the eastern Afghanistan/Pakistan border in the provinces of Nuristan and Badakhshan
Australia Red kangaroo (national animal)
The red kangaroo is the largest kangaroo species : Eastern greys make up the biggest chunk of Australia’s enormous kangaroo population (roughly 50 million), but red kangaroos, common across the arid inland, are the official national animal.
United States American Bison (National animal)
The American bison was named the national mammal of the United States on May 9, 2016. This majestic animal joins the ranks of the Bald Eagle as the official symbol of our country — and much like the eagle, it’s one of the greatest conservation success stories of all time. The American bison, the largest land animal native to North America, prospered in the open grasslands of this country for centuries
Thailand Elephant (national animal)
The Thai elephant (Thai: ช้างไทย, chang Thai) is the official national animal of Thailand. The elephant found in Thailand is the Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus), a subspecies of the Asian elephant. In the early-1900s there were an estimated 100,000 domesticated or captive elephants in Thailand.
List of National Animals of Every Country
Country | Name of animal | Scientific name |
Afghanistan | Snow leopard | Panthera uncia |
Algeria | Fennec fox | Vulpes zerda |
Antigua and Barbuda | Fallow deer (national animal) | Dama dama |
Australia | Red kangaroo (national animal) | Macropus rufus |
Azerbaijan | Karabakh horse | Equus ferus caballus |
Bangladesh | Bengal tiger (national animal) | Panthera tigris tigris |
Belarus | European bison | Bison bonasus |
Botswana | Plains zebra (national animal) | Equus quagga |
Belize | Baird’s tapir (national animal) | Tapirus bairdii |
Bhutan | Takin | Budorcas taxicolor |
Bulgaria | Lion (in Bulgarian heraldry) | Panthera leo |
Cambodia | Kouprey (national mammal) | Bos sauveli |
Canada | Canadian horse (national horse) | Equus ferus caballus |
China | Giant panda (national animal) | Ailuropoda melanoleuca |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Okapi | Okapia johnstoni |
Costa Rica | White-tailed deer (national animal) | Odocoileus virginianus |
Croatia | Pine marten | Martes martes |
Cyprus | Cypriot mouflon | Ovis orientalis |
Estonia | Wolf | Canis lupus |
Eritrea | Arabian camel | Camelus dromedarius |
Ethiopia | Lion | Panthera leo |
Finland | Brown bear (national animal) | Ursus arctos |
Gabon | Black panther | Panthera pardus |
Gambia | Spotted hyena | Crocuta crocuta |
Guyana | Jaguar | Panthera onca |
Honduras | White-tailed deer | Odocoileus virginianus |
India | Royal Bengal tiger (national animal) | Panthera tigris tigris |
Iran | Asiatic lion | Panthera leo persica |
Ireland | Red deer | Cervus elaphus |
Ivory Coast | African elephant | Loxodonta |
aly | Italian wolf | Canis lupus italicus |
Kenya | Lion | Panthera leo |
Libya | Lion | Panthera leo |
Luxembourg | Lion | Panthera leo |
North Macedonia | Lion (in North Macedonian heraldry) | Panthera leo |
Malaysia | Malayan tiger (national animal) | Panthera tigris jacksoni |
Malta | Pharaoh Hound (national animal) | Canis lupus familiaris |
Moldova | Aurochs (national animal) | Bos primigenius |
Mexico | Jaguar (national mammal) | Panthera onca |
Morocco | Barbary Lion | Panthera leo leo |
Nepal | Cow (national animal) | Bos taurus indicus |
Oman | Arabian oryx (national animal) | Oryx leucoryx |
Peru | Vicuña (national animal) | Vicugna vicugna |
Romania | Lynx | Lynx lynx |
Qatar | Arabian oryx | Oryx leucoryx |
Russia | Eurasian brown bear (national animal) | Ursus arctos arctos |
Rwanda | Leopard | Panthera pardus |
Singapore | Lion | Panthera leo |
Somalia | Leopard | Panthera pardus |
South Korea | Siberian tiger | Panthera tigris altaica |
Sri Lanka | Grizzled giant squirrel (national animal) | Ratufa macroura |
Sweden | Eurasian Elk/Moose (national animal) | Alces alces |
Tanzania | Giraffe | Giraffa camelopardalis |
Thailand | Elephant (national animal) | Elephas maximus |
United States | American bison (national mammal) | Bison bison |