Did You Know?
The lion is the most popular national animal in the world.A nation can have an animal, tree, bird, or an object as its national symbol. For example, the Bald Eagle is the national animal of the United States of America. It was adopted as a symbol of national significance by the Continental Congress on June 20th 1782. The design of the Bald Eagle holding 13 arrows, and a 13-leaf olive branch has been the same since its inception.
National symbols are extremely important, as they represent certain aspects which are considered to be of national significance for the country and its people. These symbols may or may not appear on the national flag, emblem, or on the coat of arms. It is essential to understand that national symbols should never be confused with less formal symbols that are usually associated with cliches.
Now we move on the various national animals of countries around the world.
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Snow Leopard (Afghanistan)
IUCN Status: Threatened![]()
Red Deer (Åland Islands)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Golden Eagle (Albania)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Fennec Fox (Algeria)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Sable Antelope (Angola)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Zenaida Dove (Anguilla)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Fallow Deer (Antigua and Barbuda)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Rufous Hornero (Argentina)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable![]()
Lion (Armenia)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable![]()
Kangaroo (Australia)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Black Eagle (Austria)
IUCN Status:Least Concern![]()
Karabakh Horse (Azerbaijan)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Blue Marlin and Flamingo (Bahamas)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable and NA![]()
White Cheeked Bulbul (Bahrain)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Royal Bengal Tiger (Bangladesh)
IUCN Status: Endangered![]()
European Bison (Belarus)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable![]()
Lion (Belgium)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable![]()
Baird's Tapir (Belize)
IUCN Status: Endangered![]()
Humpback Whale (Bermuda)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Takin and Druk (Bhutan)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable and Mythological Creature![]()
Alpaca (Bolivia)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Zebra (Botswana)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Jaguar (Brazil)
IUCN Status: Threatened![]()
Lion (Bulgaria)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable![]()
Kouprey (Cambodia)
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered![]()
Beaver (Canada)
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered![]()
Huemul (Chile)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Giant Panda (China)
IUCN Status: Endangered![]()
Andean Condor (Colombia)
IUCN Status: Near Threatened![]()
Okapi (Democratic Republic of Congo)
IUCN Status: Near Threatened![]()
White-tailed Deer (Costa Rica)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
African Elephant (Ivory Coast)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Dalmatian (Croatia)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Cuban Tocororo (Cuba)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Cypriot Mouflon (Cyprus)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable![]()
Mute Swan (Denmark)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Palmchat (Dominican Republic)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Crocodile (Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Andean Condor (Ecuador)
IUCN Status: Near Threatened![]()
Golden Eagle (Egypt)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Lion (England)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable![]()
Turquoise-browed Motmot (El Salvador)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Arabian Camel (Eritrea)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Barn Swallow (Estonia)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Lion (Ethiopia)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable![]()
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Faroe Islands)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Brown Bear (Finland)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Gallic Rooster (France)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Golden Eagle (Germany)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Eagle (Ghana)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Gibraltar Barbary Macaque (Gibraltar)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Dolphin (Greece)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Polar Bear (Greenland)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable![]()
Grenada Dove (Grenada)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Quetzal (Guatemala)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Guernsey Cow (Guernsey)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Jaguar (Guyana)
IUCN Status: Near Threatened![]()
Hispaniolan Trogon (Haiti)
IUCN Status: Near Threatened![]()
White-tailed Deer (Honduras)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Turul (Hungary)
Mythological Creature![]()
Gyrfalcon (Iceland)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Royal Bengal Tiger (India)
IUCN Status: Endangered![]()
Komodo Dragon (Indonesia)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable![]()
Persian Leopard, Asiatic Lion, Persian Fallow Deer, Persian Cat, Mugger Crocodile, and Asiatic Cheetah (Iran)
IUCN Status: Endangered, Endangered, Endangered, NA, Vulnerable, and Critically Endangered![]()
Red Deer (Ireland)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Manx (Isle of Man)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Israeli Gazelle (Israel)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable![]()
Italian Wolf (Italy)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Red-billed Streamertail (Jamaica)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Raccoon Dog (Japan)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Arabian Oryx (Jordan)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable![]()
Lion (Kenya)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable![]()
Magnificent Frigatebird (Kiribati)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable![]()
Arabian Camel (Kuwait)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Indian Elephant (Laos)
IUCN Status: Endangered![]()
White Wagtail (Latvia)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Striped Hyena (Lebanon)
IUCN Status: Near Threatened![]()
Black Rhinoceros (Lesotho)
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered![]()
Lion (Liberia)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable![]()
Barbary Lion (Libya)
IUCN Status: Extinct in the Wild![]()
White Stork (Lithuania)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Lion (Luxembourg)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable![]()
Lynx (Macedonia)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Ring-tailed Lemur (Madagascar)
IUCN Status: Near Threatened![]()
Thomson's Gazelle (Malawi)
IUCN Status: Near Threatened![]()
Malayan Tiger (Malaysia)
IUCN Status: Endangered![]()
Yellow-fin Tuna (Maldives)
IUCN Status: Near Threatened![]()
Kelb tal-Fenek (Malta)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Dodo (Mauritius)
IUCN Status: Extinct![]()
Golden Eagle (Mexico)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Aurochs (Moldova)
IUCN Status: Extinct![]()
European Rabbit, Wood Mouse and European Hedgehog (Monaco)
IUCN Status: Near Threatened, Least Concern, and Least Concern![]()
Saker Falcon (Mongolia)
IUCN Status: Endangered![]()
Barbary Lion (Morocco)
IUCN Status: Extinct![]()
African Elephant (Mozambique)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Tiger (Myanmar)
IUCN Status: Endangered![]()
Oryx (Namibia)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Great Frigatebird (Nauru)
IUCN: Least Concern![]()
Cow (Nepal)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Lion (Netherlands)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable![]()
Kagu (New Caledonia)
IUCN status: Endangered![]()
Kiwi (New Zealand)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Turquoise-browed Motmot (Nicaragua)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Eagle (Nigeria)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Chollima (North Korea)
Mythological Creature![]()
Elk (Norway)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Markhor (Pakistan)
IUCN Status: Endangered![]()
Palestine Sunbird (Palestine)
IUCN Status: Near Threatened![]()
Harpy Eagle (Panama)
IUCN Status: Near Threatened![]()
Dugong (Papua New Guinea)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable![]()
Pampas fox (Paraguay)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Vicuña (Peru)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Carabao (Philippines)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
European Bison, White Stork and Bielik Eagle (Poland)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable, Least Concern, and Least Concern![]()
Iberian Wolf (Portugal)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Coquí (Puerto Rico)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Arabian Oryx (Qatar)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable![]()
Lynx (Romania)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Russian Bear (Russia)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
African Leopard (Rwanda)
IUCN Status: Near Threatened![]()
Vervet Monkey (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
St Vincent Parrot (Saint Vincent and Grenadines)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable![]()
Arabian Camel (Saudi Arabia)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Unicorn (Scotland)
Mythological Creature![]()
Wolf (Serbia)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Striped Dolphin (Seychelles)
IUCN Status: NA![]()
Lion (Singapore)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable![]()
Leopard (Somalia)
IUCN Status: Near Threatened![]()
Springbok (South Africa)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Tiger (South Korea)
IUCN Status: Endangered![]()
African Fish Eagle (South Sudan)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Bull (Spain)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable![]()
The Royal Lion (Sri Lanka)
IUCN Status: Vulnerable![]()
Thomson's Gazelle (Swaziland)
IUCN Status: Near Threatened![]()
Dalecarlian Horse (Sweden)
Mythological Creature![]()
Formosan Black Bear (Taiwan)
IUCN Status: Endangered![]()
Giraffe (Tanzania)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Thai Elephant (Thailand)
IUCN Status: Endangered![]()
Rufous-vented Chachalaca and Scarlet Ibis (Trinidad and Tobago)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Gray Wolf (Turkey)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Grey Crowned Crane (Uganda)
IUCN Status: Endangered![]()
Peregrine Falcon (United Arab Emirates)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Bald Eagle (United States of America)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Rufous Hornero (Uruguay)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Venezuelan Troupial (Venezuela)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Dragon, Water Buffalo and Tiger (Vietnam)
IUCN Status: Mythological Creature, NA, and Endangered![]()
Welsh Dragon (Wales)
Mythological Creature![]()
African Fish Eagle (Zambia)
IUCN Status: Least Concern![]()
Sable Antelope (Zimbabwe)
IUCN Status: Least Concern
It is really unfortunate to see that most animals and birds mentioned are on the verge of extinction. Since centuries, humans have underestimated the importance of fauna in maintaining ecological balance. It is our priority to preserve these amazing natural treasures, and make our world a more beautiful place.
