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Fennec fox The fennec fox (''Vulpes zerda'') is a small crepuscular fox native to the deserts of North Africa, ranging from Western Sahara to the Sinai Peninsula. Its most distinctive feature is its unusually large ears, which serve to dissipate heat and ...
''(national animal)'' , , ''Vulpes zerda'' , , , , , - , , ,
Rufous hornero The rufous hornero (''Furnarius rufus'') is a medium-sized ovenbird in the family ovenbird (family), Furnariidae. It occurs in eastern South America, and is the national symbol, national bird of Argentina. Also known as the red ovenbird, it is co ...
''(national bird)'' , , ''Furnarius rufus'' , , , , , - , rowspan="3" , , , European fallow deer ''(national animal)'', , ''Dama dama'' , , , , , - ,
Frigate A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat. The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed an ...
''(national bird)'', , ''Fregata magnificens'' , , , , , - ,
Hawksbill turtle The hawksbill sea turtle (''Eretmochelys imbricata'') is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. It is the only extant species in the genus ''Eretmochelys''. The species has a global distribution, that is la ...
''(national sea creature)'', , ''Eretmochelys imbricata'' , , , , , - , , Karabakh horse ''(national horse)'' , ''Equus caballus'' , , , - , rowspan="2" , , ,
Blue marlin ''Makaira'' (Latin via Greek: ''μαχαίρα'' "sword") is a genus of marlin in the family Istiophoridae. It includes the Atlantic blue, and Indo-Pacific blue marlins. In the past, the black marlin was also included in this genus, but today ...
''(national fish)'', , ''Makaira nigricans'' , , , , , - ,
Flamingo Flamingos or flamingoes are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, which is the only extant family in the order Phoenicopteriformes. There are four flamingo species distributed throughout the Americas (including the Caribbea ...
''(national bird)'', , ''Phoenicopterus ruber'' , , , , , - , rowspan="3" , , ,
Bengal tiger The Bengal tiger is a population of the '' Panthera tigris tigris'' subspecies. It ranks among the biggest wild cats alive today. It is considered to belong to the world's charismatic megafauna. The tiger is estimated to have been present i ...
''(national animal)'' , , ''Panthera tigris tigris'' , , , , , - , Magpie robin ''(national bird)'', , ''Copsychus saularis'' , , , , , - ,
Ilish The ilish (''Tenualosa ilisha'') ( bn, ইলিশ, translit=iliś; also known as the ilishi, hilsa, hilsa herring or hilsa shad, is a species of fish related to the herring, in the family Clupeidae. It is a very popular and sought-after food ...
''(national fish)'', , ''Tenualosa ilisha'' , , , , , - , rowspan="2" , , ,
Baird's tapir The Baird's tapir (''Tapirus bairdii''), also known as the Central American tapir, is a species of tapir native to Mexico, Central America, and northwestern South America. It is the largest of the three species of tapir native to the Americas, as ...
''(national animal)'', , ''Tapirus bairdii'' , , , , , - ,
Keel-billed toucan The keel-billed toucan (''Ramphastos sulfuratus''), also known as sulfur-breasted toucan or rainbow-billed toucan, is a colorful Latin American member of the toucan family. It is the national bird of Belize. The species is found in tropical jung ...
''(national bird)'', , ''Ramphastos sulfuratus'' , , , , , - , , ,
Plains zebra The plains zebra (''Equus quagga'', formerly ''Equus burchellii''), also known as the common zebra, is the most common and geographically widespread species of zebra. Its range is fragmented, but spans much of southern and eastern Africa south o ...
''(national animal)'' , , ''Equus quagga'', , , , , - , , , Rufous-bellied thrush ''(national bird)'', , ''Turdus rufiventris'' , , , , , - , rowspan="4" , , , Kouprey ''(national mammal)'' , , ''Bos sauveli'' , , , , , - ,
Giant ibis The giant ibis (''Thaumatibis gigantea''), the only species in the monotypic genus ''Thaumatibis'', is a wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae. It is confined to northern Cambodia, with a few birds surviving in extreme southern Laos ...
''(national bird)'' , , ''Pseudibis gigantea'' , , , , , - , Northern river terrapin ''(national reptile)'' , , ''Batagur baska'' , , , , , - , Giant barb ''(national fish)'' , , ''Catlocarpio siamensis'' , , , , , - , rowspan="2" , , ,
North American beaver The North American beaver (''Castor canadensis'') is one of two extant beaver species, along with the Eurasian beaver (''Castor fiber''). It is native to North America and introduced in South America ( Patagonia) and Europe (primarily Finland ...
''(national animal)'', , ''Castor canadensis'' , , , , , - , Canadian horse ''(national horse)'' , , ''Equus caballus'' , , , , , - , rowspan="3" , , , Yigüirro ''(national bird)'', , ''Turdus grayi'' , , , , , - ,
West Indian manatee The West Indian manatee (''Trichechus manatus''), also known as the North American manatee, is a large, aquatic mammal native to warm coastal areas of the Caribbean, from the eastern US to northern Brazil. Living alone or in herds, it feeds on un ...
''(national aquatic animal)'' , , ''Trichechus manatus'' , , , , , - ,
Three-toed sloth The three-toed or three-fingered sloths are arboreal neotropical mammals . They are the only members of the genus ''Bradypus'' and the family Bradypodidae. The four living species of three-toed sloths are the brown-throated sloth, the maned slot ...

Two-toed sloth , , '' Choloepus hoffmanni''
'' Bradypus variegatus'', , , , , - , , ,
Cuban trogon The Cuban trogon or tocororo (''Priotelus temnurus'') is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. It is endemic to Cuba, where it is also the national bird. Taxonomy and systematics The Cuban trogon shares its genus with the Hispaniolan ...
''(national bird)'' , , ''Priotelus temnurus'' , , , , , - , rowspan="3" , , ,
Red squirrel The red squirrel (''Sciurus vulgaris'') is a species of tree squirrel in the genus ''Sciurus'' common throughout Europe and Asia. The red squirrel is an arboreal, primarily herbivorous rodent. In Great Britain, Ireland, and in Italy numbe ...
''(national mammal)'' , , ''Sciurus vulgaris'' , , , , , - ,
Mute swan The mute swan (''Cygnus olor'') is a species of swan and a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It is native to much of Eurosiberia, and (as a rare winter visitor) the far north of Africa. It is an introduced species in North America, home ...
''(national bird)'', , ''Cygnus olor'' , , , , , - , Small tortoiseshell ''(national butterfly)'', , ''Aglais urticae'' , , , , , - , , , Palmchat ''(national bird)'', , ''Dulus dominicus'' , , , , , - , , ,
Turquoise-browed motmot The turquoise-browed motmot (''Eumomota superciliosa'') also known as torogoz, is a colourful, medium-sized bird of the motmot family, Momotidae. It inhabits Central America from south-east Mexico (mostly the Yucatán Peninsula), to Costa Rica, ...
''(national bird)'' , , ''Eumomota superciliosa'' , , , , , - , , ,
Resplendent quetzal The resplendent quetzal (''Pharomachrus mocinno'') is a small bird found in southern Mexico and Central America, with two recognized subspecies, ''P. m. mocinno'' and ''P. m. costaricensis''. These animals live in tropical forests, particularly ...
''(national bird)'' , , ''Pharomachrus mocinno'' , , , , , - , rowspan="2" , , ,
White-tailed deer The white-tailed deer (''Odocoileus virginianus''), also known as the whitetail or Virginia deer, is a medium-sized deer native to North America, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia. It has also been introduced t ...
''(national animal)'', , ''Odocoileus virginianus'' , , , , , - , Scarlet macaw ''(national bird)'' , , ''Ara macao'' , , , , , - , rowspan="4" , , ,
Tiger The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is the largest living Felidae, cat species and a member of the genus ''Panthera''. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange fur with a white underside. An apex predator, it primarily pr ...
''(national animal)'' , , ''Panthera tigris'', , , , , - ,
Indian peafowl The Indian peafowl (''Pavo cristatus''), also known as the common peafowl, and blue peafowl, is a peafowl species native to the Indian subcontinent. It has been introduced to many other countries. Male peafowl are referred to as peacocks, and ...
''(national bird)'', , ''Pavo cristatus'' , , , , , - , Ganges river dolphin ''(national aquatic animal)'' , , ''Platanista gangetica'', , , , , - ,
Indian elephant The Indian elephant (''Elephas maximus indicus'') is one of four extant recognised subspecies of the Asian elephant and native to mainland Asia. Since 1986, the Asian elephant has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List as the wild pop ...
''(national heritage animal)'' , , ''Elephas maximus indicus'' , , , , , - , , ,
Golden Eagle The golden eagle (''Aquila chrysaetos'') is a bird of prey living in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the most widely distributed species of eagle. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. They are one of the best-known bird ...
''(national animal)'' , , ''Aquila chrysaetos'' , , , , {{cite web url=https://a-z-animals.com/animals/location/asia/iraq/#:~:text=The%20Official%20National%20(State)%20Animal,a%20symbol%20of%20pan%2DArabism. , title=Animals in Iraq , access-date=23 December 2022 , - , {{JAM , ,
Red-billed streamertail The red-billed streamertail (''Trochilus polytmus''), also known as the doctor bird, scissor-tail or scissors tail hummingbird, is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to Jamaica ...
''(national bird)'' , , ''Trochilus polytmus'' , , , , {{cite web , url=http://www.jis.gov.jm/special_sections/This%20Is%20Jamaica/symbols.html , title=National Symbols of Jamaica , publisher=jis.gov.jm , access-date=2 December 2011 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619153047/http://www.jis.gov.jm/special_sections/This%20Is%20Jamaica/symbols.html , archive-date=19 June 2006 , - , rowspan="2" , {{LAT , , White wagtail ''(national bird)'' , , ''Motacilla alba'' , , , , {{cite web, website=Latvia.eu, url=http://www.latvia.eu/key-facts/symbols, title=Symbols, access-date=12 April 2016, date=2016, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007033419/http://www.latvia.eu/key-facts/symbols, archive-date=7 October 2017, url-status=dead , - , Two-spotted ladybird ''(national insect)'' , , ''Adalia bipunctata'', , , , , - , {{LBN, , Striped hyena (''national animal''), , ''Hyaena hyaena'' , , , , - , {{LTU, ,
White stork The white stork (''Ciconia ciconia'') is a large bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on the bird's wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average from beak tip to e ...
''(national bird)'', , ''Ciconia ciconia'' , , , , - , {{MGL, ,
Saker falcon The saker falcon (''Falco cherrug'') is a large species of falcon. This species breeds from central Europe eastwards across the Palearctic to Manchuria. It is mainly migratory except in the southernmost parts of its range, wintering in Ethiopia ...
''(national bird)'' , , ''Falco cherrug'' , , , , {{better source needed, date=June 2022
{{better source needed, date=June 2022 , - , {{NEP , , Cow ''(national animal) '', , ''Hindu Cow Nepalensis'' , , , , , - , {{NIC , ,
Turquoise-browed motmot The turquoise-browed motmot (''Eumomota superciliosa'') also known as torogoz, is a colourful, medium-sized bird of the motmot family, Momotidae. It inhabits Central America from south-east Mexico (mostly the Yucatán Peninsula), to Costa Rica, ...
''(national bird) '', , ''Eumomota superciliosa'' , , , , , - , rowspan="6" , {{PAK, ,
Markhor The markhor (''Capra falconeri'') is a large ''Capra'' species native to Central Asia, the Karakoram, and the Himalayas. It is listed on the IUCN Red List as Near Threatened since 2015. The markhor is the national animal of Pakistan, where i ...
''(national animal)'', , ''Capra falconeri'', , , , {{cite web, url=http://www.pakistan.gov.pk/national_symbols.html, title=National Symbols of Pakistan, publisher=Government of Pakistan, access-date=23 October 2016, url-status=dead, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128073024/http://www.pakistan.gov.pk/national_symbols.html, archive-date=28 November 2016 , - ,
Indus river dolphin The Indus river dolphin (''Platanista minor''), also known as the ''bhulan'' in Urdu and Sindhi, is a species of toothed whale in the family Platanistidae. It is endemic to the Indus River Basin of Pakistan and northwestern India. This dolphi ...
''(national aquatic mammal)'', , ''Platanista minor'', , , , , - , Chukar ''(national bird)'' , , ''Alectoris chukar'' , , , , , - ,
Mugger crocodile The mugger crocodile (''Crocodylus palustris'') is a medium-sized broad-snouted crocodile, also known as mugger and marsh crocodile. It is native to freshwater habitats from southern Iran to the Indian subcontinent, where it inhabits marshe ...
''(national reptile)'' , , ''Crocodylus palustris'' , , , , , - ,
Shaheen falcon The shaheen falcon (''Falco peregrinus peregrinator'') is a non-migratory subspecies of the peregrine falcon found mainly in the Indian subcontinent. It has also been described as a migratory subspecies. Describes subspecies ''peregrinator'' "f ...
''(heritage bird)'' , , ''Falco peregrinus peregrinator'' , , , , {{cite web, url=http://www.nationalheritage.gov.pk/nationalsymbols.html , title=National Symbols of Pakistan , publisher=Government of Pakistan , access-date=23 August 2013 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827084404/http://nationalheritage.gov.pk/nationalsymbols.html , archive-date=27 August 2013 , - ,
Snow leopard The snow leopard (''Panthera uncia''), also known as the ounce, is a felid in the genus '' Panthera'' native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because the global population is es ...
''(national predator)'' , , ''Panthera uncia'', , , , , - , {{PAN , , Harpy eagle ''(national bird)'' , , ''Harpia harpyja'' , , , , , - , , {{PER , ,
Andean cock-of-the-rock The Andean cock-of-the-rock (''Rupicola peruvianus''), also known as ''tunki'' (Quechua), is a large passerine bird of the cotinga family native to Andean cloud forests in South America. It is widely regarded as the national bird of Peru. It ha ...
''(national bird)'' , , ''Rupicola peruviana'', , , , , - , {{PHL , ,
Philippine eagle The Philippine eagle (''Pithecophaga jefferyi''), also known as the monkey-eating eagle or great Philippine eagle, is a critically endangered species of eagle of the family Accipitridae which is endemic to forests in the Philippines. It has br ...
''(national bird)'', , ''Pithecophaga jefferyi'', , , , {{cite web, url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1995/07/04/proclamation-no-615-s-1995/ , title=Proclamation No. 615, s. 1995 , publisher=gov.ph, access-date=12 August 2012 , - , {{VCT , ,
Saint Vincent amazon The Saint Vincent amazon (''Amazona guildingii'') also known as Saint Vincent parrot, is a large, approximately 40 cm long, multi-colored amazon parrot with a yellowish white, blue and green head, greenish-bronze upperparts plumage, and viol ...
''(national bird)'', , ''Amazona guildingii'' , , , , , - , rowspan="3" , {{RSA , ,
Springbok The springbok (''Antidorcas marsupialis'') is a medium-sized antelope found mainly in south and southwest Africa. The sole member of the genus ''Antidorcas'', this bovid was first described by the German zoologist Eberhard August Wilhelm ...
''(national animal)'' , , ''Antidorcas marsupialis'' , , , , , , - , Blue crane ''(national bird)'', , ''Anthropoides paradiseus'' , , , , , - , Galjoen ''(national fish)'' , , ''Dichistius capensis'' , , , , , - , {{SRI , , Sri Lankan junglefowl ''(national bird)'' , , ''Gallus lafayettii'' , , , , , - , {{TAN , ,
Giraffe The giraffe is a large African hoofed mammal belonging to the genus ''Giraffa''. It is the tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant on Earth. Traditionally, giraffes were thought to be one species, '' Giraffa camelopardal ...
''(national animal)'', , ''Giraffa'' sp., , , , {{cite book, first1=Charles, last1=Foley, first2=Lara, last2=Foley, first3=Alex, last3=Lobora, first4=Daniela, last4=De Luca, first5=Maurus, last5=Msuha, first6=Tim R.B., last6=Davenport, first7=Sarah M., last7=Durant, title=A Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Tanzania, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dt6QAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA179, date=8 June 2014, publisher=Princeton University Press, isbn=978-1-4008-5280-2, pages=179– , - , rowspan="2" , {{THA ,
Asian elephant The Asian elephant (''Elephas maximus''), also known as the Asiatic elephant, is the only living species of the genus '' Elephas'' and is distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west, Nepal in t ...
''(national animal)'' , , ''Elephas maximus'' , , , , , - ,
Siamese fighting fish The Siamese fighting fish (''Betta splendens''), commonly known as the betta, is a freshwater fish native to Southeast Asia, namely Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is one of 73 species of the genus '' Bet ...
''(national aquatic animal)'' , , ''Betta splendens'' , , , , , - , {{QAT , ,
Arabian oryx The Arabian oryx (''Oryx leucoryx'') or white oryx is a medium-sized antelope with a distinct shoulder bump, long, straight horns, and a tufted tail. It is a bovid, and the smallest member of the genus ''Oryx'', native to desert and steppe areas o ...
''(national animal)'' , , ''Oryx leucoryx'' , , , , , - , {{UGA , , Grey crowned crane ''(national bird)'', , ''Balearica regulorum'' , , , , , - , rowspan="2" , {{USA , ,
Bald eagle The bald eagle (''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'') is a bird of prey found in North America. A sea eagle, it has two known subspecies and forms a species pair with the white-tailed eagle (''Haliaeetus albicilla''), which occupies the same niche as ...
''(national bird)'', , ''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'' , , , , , - ,
American bison The American bison (''Bison bison'') is a species of bison native to North America. Sometimes colloquially referred to as American buffalo or simply buffalo (a different clade of bovine), it is one of two extant species of bison, alongside the ...
''(national mammal)'', , ''Bison bison'' , , , , , - , {{VEN , ,
Venezuelan troupial The Venezuelan troupial (''Icterus icterus'') is the national bird of Venezuela. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, and the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, Trinidad, and Puerto Rico. Together with the orange-backed troupial and ...
''(national bird)'', , ''Icterus icterus'' , , , , {{cite web , url=http://www.vtv.gob.ve/articulos/2016/05/23/23-de-mayo-declaracion-de-la-orquidea-y-el-turpial-como-simbolos-nacionales-4035.html , title=23 de Mayo: Declaración de la Orquídea y el Turpial como Símbolos Nacionales — Venezolana de Televisión , website=www.vtv.gob.ve , access-date=11 January 2022 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525164420/http://www.vtv.gob.ve/articulos/2016/05/23/23-de-mayo-declaracion-de-la-orquidea-y-el-turpial-como-simbolos-nacionales-4035.html , archive-date=25 May 2016 , url-status=dead


See also

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List of national birds This is a list of national birds, including official birds of overseas territories and other states described as nations. Most species in the list are officially designated. Some species hold only an "unofficial" status. National birds See a ...
* Animals as heraldic charges * Floral emblem *
National personification A national personification is an anthropomorphic personification of a state or the people(s) it inhabits. It may appear in political cartoons and propaganda. Some early personifications in the Western world tended to be national manifestation ...


References

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