List of national animals facts for kids
A national animal is an animal that is the symbol or emblem of a country.
National animals
Country | Name of animal | Scientific name | Pictures | |
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Afghanistan | Snow leopard | Panthera uncia | ||
Algeria | Fennec fox | Vulpes zerda | ||
Angola | Red-crested turaco (national bird) | Tauraco erythrolophus | ||
Anguilla | Zenaida dove | Zenaida aurita | ||
Antigua and Barbuda | Fallow deer (national animal) | Dama dama | ||
Frigate (national bird) | Fregata magnificens | |||
Hawksbill turtle (national sea creature) | Eretmochelys imbricata | |||
Argentina | Rufous hornero | Furnarius rufus | ||
Australia | Red kangaroo (national animal) | Macropus rufus | ||
Emu (national bird) | Dromaius novaehollandiae | |||
Austria | Austrian Bundesadler (heraldic "Federal Eagle") | Mythical | ||
Barn swallow (national bird) | Hirundo rustica | |||
Azerbaijan | Karabakh horse | Equus ferus caballus | ||
Bangladesh | Royal Bengal tiger (national animal) | Panthera tigris tigris | ||
Magpie robin (national bird) | Copsychus saularis | |||
Ilish (national fish) | Tenualosa ilisha | |||
Belarus | European bison | Bison bonasus | ||
Belgium | Leo Belgicus (heraldic "Belgic lion") | Mythical | ||
Belize | Baird's tapir (national animal) | Tapirus bairdii | ||
Keel-billed toucan (national bird) | Ramphastos sulfuratus | |||
Bhutan | Druk | Mythical | ||
Takin | Budorcas taxicolor | |||
Brazil | Rufous-bellied thrush (national bird) | Turdus rufiventris | ||
Cambodia | Kouprey | Bos sauveli | ||
Canada | North American beaver (national animal) | Castor canadensis | ||
Canadian horse (national horse) | Equus ferus caballus | |||
China | Chinese dragon (national animal) | Mythical | ||
Giant panda (national animal) | Ailuropoda melanoleuca | |||
Red-crowned crane (national bird) | Grus japonensis | |||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Okapi | Okapia johnstoni | ||
Colombia | Andean condor | Vultur gryphus | ||
Costa Rica | Yigüirro (national bird) | Turdus grayi | ||
White-tailed deer (national animal) | Odocoileus virginianus | |||
West Indian manatee (national aquatic animal) | Trichechus manatus | |||
Croatia | Pine marten | Martes martes | ||
Cuba | Cuban trogon | Priotelus temnurus | ||
Cyprus | Cypriot mouflon | Ovis orientalis | ||
Czech Republic | Double-tailed lion | Mythical | ||
Denmark | Mute swan (national bird) | Cygnus olor | ||
Small tortoiseshell (national butterfly) | Aglais urticae | |||
Egypt | Steppe eagle | Aquila nipalensis | ||
Estonia | Wolf | Canis lupus | ||
Eritrea | Arabian camel | Camelus dromedarius | ||
Ethiopia | Lion | Panthera leo | ||
Eurasian oystercatcher (national bird) | Haematopus ostralgus | |||
Finland | Brown bear (national animal) | Ursus arctos | ||
Whooper swan (national bird) | Cygnus cygnus | |||
Holly blue (national butterfly) | Celastrina argiolus | |||
European perch (national fish) | Perca fluviatilis | |||
Seven-spot ladybird (national insect) | Coccinella septempunctata | |||
France | Gallic rooster | Gallus gallus domesticus | ||
Gabon | Black panther | Panthera pardus | ||
Gambia | Lion | Panthera leo | ||
Germany | Bundesadler (heraldic "Federal Eagle") | Mythical | ||
Greece | Phoenix (national bird) | Mythical | ||
Dolphin (national animal) | Delphinus | |||
Guatemala | Quetzal | Pharomachrus mocinno | ||
Haiti | Hispaniolan Trogan | Priotelus roseigaster | ||
Honduras | White-tailed deer | Odocoileus virginianus | ||
Hungary | Turul | Mythical (most probably Falco cherrug) | ||
Iceland | Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | ||
India | Royal Bengal tiger (National animal) | Panthera tigris tigris | ||
Indian peacock (National bird) | Pavo cristatus | |||
King cobra (National reptile) | Ophiophagus hannah | |||
Ganges river dolphin (National aquatic animal) | Platanista gangetica gangetica | |||
Indian elephant (National heritage animal) | Elephas maximus indicus | |||
Indonesia | Komodo dragon (national animal) | Varanus komodoensis | ||
Garuda (historic national animal) | Mythical | |||
Iran | Persian lion | Panthera leo persica | ||
Iraq | Chukar partridge | Alectoris chukar | ||
Goat ( KRG) |
Capra aegagrus | |||
Israel | Hoopoe (national bird) | Upupa epops | ||
Jamaica | Red-billed streamertail | Trochilus polytmus | ||
Japan | Green pheasant (national bird) | Phasianus versicolor | ||
Carp (national fish) | Cyprinus carpio | |||
Kenya | Lion | Panthera leo | ||
Latvia | White wagtail (national bird) | Motacilla alba | ||
Two-spotted ladybird (national insect) | Adalia bipunctata | |||
Libya | Lion | Panthera leo | ||
Lithuania | White stork | Ciconia ciconia | ||
Luxembourg | Lion | Panthera leo | ||
Macedonia | Lion (in Macedonian heraldry) | Panthera leo | ||
Madagascar | Zebu (in Malagasy heraldry) | Bos primigenius indicus | ||
Ring-tailed lemur (national animal) | Lemur catta | |||
Malaysia | Malayan tiger (national animal) | Panthera tigris jacksoni | ||
Malta | Pharaoh Hound (national animal) | Canis lupus familiaris | ||
Moldova | Aurochs (national animal) | Bos primigenius | ||
Mauritius | Dodo | Raphus cucullatus | ||
Mexico | Golden eagle (national animal) | Aquila chrysaetos | ||
Xoloitzcuintli (national dog) | Canis lupus familiaris | |||
Jaguar (national mammal) | Panthera onca | |||
Grasshopper (national arthropod ) | Sphenarium purpurascens | |||
Vaquita (national marine mammal) | Phocoena sinus | |||
Morocco | Lion | Panthera leo | ||
Nepal | Cow (national animal) | Bos taurus indicus | ||
Danphe (national bird) | Lophophorus impejanus | |||
Netherlands | Lion (heraldic symbol) | Panthera leo | ||
Black-tailed godwit (national bird) | Limosa limosa | |||
New Zealand | Kiwi | Apteryx sp. | ||
Nigeria | Eagle, Black Crowned Crane | Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Balearica pavonina |
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North Korea | Chollima | Mythical | ||
Norway | Lion (royal national animal) | Panthera leo | ||
White-throated dipper (national bird) | Cinclus cinclus | |||
Fjord horse (national horse) | Equus ferus caballus | |||
Oman | Arabian oryx (national animal) | Oryx leucoryx | ||
Pakistan | Markhor (National animal) | Capra falconeri | ||
Indus river dolphin (National aquatic mammal) | Platanista indicus minor minor | |||
Chukar (National bird) | Alectoris chukar | |||
Indus crocodile (National reptile) | Crocodylus palustris | |||
Shaheen falcon (Heritage bird) | Falco peregrinus peregrinator | |||
Snow leopard (National predator) | Panthera uncia | |||
Palestine | Gazelle (national animal) | Gazella gazella | ||
Palestine sunbird (national bird) | Cinnyris osea | |||
Panama | Harpy eagle | Harpia harpyja | ||
Papua New Guinea | Dugong (national marine mammal) | Dugong dugon | ||
Peru | Vicuña (national animal) | Vicugna vicugna | ||
Philippines | Philippine eagle (national bird) | Pithecophaga jefferyi | ||
Poland | White-tailed eagle (national bird) | Haliaeetus albicilla | ||
White stork (national bird) | Ciconia ciconia | |||
European bison (national animal) | Bison bonasus | |||
Portugal | Cock of Barcelos | Mythical | ||
Iberian Wolf | Canis lupus signatus | |||
Qatar | Arabian oryx | Oryx leucoryx | ||
Romania | Lynx | Lynx lynx | ||
Russia | Eurasian brown bear (national animal) | Ursus arctos arctos | ||
Double-headed eagle (Traditional Coat of Arms) | Mythical | |||
Rwanda | Leopard | Panthera pardus | ||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Saint Vincent amazon | Amazona guildingii | ||
Serbia | Wolf | Canis lupus lupus | ||
White eagle | Mythical | |||
Lynx | Lynx lynx | |||
Sierra Leone | Lion | Panthera leo | ||
Singapore | Lion | Panthera leo | ||
Somalia | Leopard | Panthera pardus | ||
South Africa | Springbok (national animal) | Antidorcas marsupialis | ||
Blue crane (national bird) | Anthropoides paradiseus | |||
Galjoen (national fish) | Dichistius capensis | |||
South Korea | Siberian tiger | Panthera tigris altaica | ||
Spain | Bull | Bos taurus | ||
Sri Lanka | Lion (national animal) | Panthera leo | ||
Sri Lankan junglefowl (national bird) | Gallus lafayettii | |||
Sweden | Eurasian Elk/Moose (national animal) | Alces alces | ||
Eurasian blackbird (national bird) | Turdus merula | |||
Tanzania | Giraffe | Giraffa camelopardalis | ||
Thailand | Elephant | Elephas maximus | ||
Togo | Lion | Panthera leo | ||
United Arab Emirates | Arabian oryx (national animal) | Oryx leucoryx | ||
Peregrine falcon (national bird) | Falco peregrinus | |||
United Kingdom | Lion (England) | Panthera leo | ||
Bulldog (Britain as "British Bulldog") | Canis lupus familiaris | |||
Red kite (Wales) | Milvus milvus | |||
Unicorn (Scotland) | Mythical | |||
Y Ddraig Goch (Welsh Dragon Wales) | Mythical | |||
United States | Bald eagle (national bird) | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | ||
American bison (national mammal) | Bison bison | |||
Venezuela | Venezuelan troupial (national bird) | Icterus icterus | ||
Zimbabwe | Sable antelope (national animal) | Hippotragus niger | ||
African fish eagle (national bird) | Haliaeetus vocifer |
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Animales emblemáticos de cada país para niños
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