List of animals representing first-level administrative country subdivisions

This is a list of animals that represent first-level administrative country subdivisions.

List by country

Australia

State State animals Picture
Western Australia Western Australia Numbat
Black swan
South Australia South Australia Southern hairy-nosed wombat
Leafy seadragon
Piping shrike (unofficial)
Victoria (Australia) Victoria Leadbeater's possum
Weedy seadragon
Helmeted honeyeater
Tasmania Tasmania Tasmanian devil (Unofficial)
Australian Capital Territory Australian Capital Territory Gang-gang cockatoo
New South Wales New South Wales Platypus
Blue groper
Kookaburra
Queensland Queensland Koala
Barrier reef anemonefish (clown fish)
Brolga
Northern Territory Northern Territory Red kangaroo
Wedge-tailed eagle

Brazil

Province/territory Animal Picture
 Acre Sharp-shinned hawk
Ring-tailed coati
 Amazonas Harpy eagle
 Pernambuco Giant anteater
 Mato Grosso Roseate spoonbill
Capybara
 Rio de Janeiro Harpy eagle
 Rondônia Jaguar
 Roraima Great egret

Canada

Province/territory Animal Picture
 Alberta Great horned owl
Grizzly bear
 British Columbia Steller's jay
Spirit bear[1]
 Manitoba Great grey owl
Common raccoon
 New Brunswick Black-capped chickadee
Beaver
 Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic puffin
Labrador Retriever
Newfoundland
 Nova Scotia Caribou
Osprey
Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling Retriever (provincial dog)
 Northwest Territories Gyrfalcon
Arctic grayling
 Nunavut Rock ptarmigan
(Aqilgiq, ᐊᕐᑭᒡᒋᖅ ᐊᑕᔪᓕᒃ) Lagopus mutus[2]
Canadian Inuit Dog
(Qimmiq, ᕿᒻᒥᖅ) Canis Familiaris Borealis[3]
 Ontario Beluga
Common loon
 Prince Edward Island Blue jay
Arctic wolf
 Québec Snowy owl
Red squirrel
 Saskatchewan Sharp-tailed grouse
River otter
 Yukon Common raven
Moose

People's Republic of China

Provinces and territories (autonomous regions) Provincial animals Picture
Guangdong Giant panda (territorial animal of Guangdong)
Silver pheasant (territorial bird of Guangdong)
Hainan Hainan partridge
Ningxia Blue-eared pheasant
Red panda
Qinghai Black-necked crane
Shaanxi Crested ibis
Shanxi Brown eared pheasant

Denmark

Region Animal Picture
Faroe Islands Mouflon

India

State Animal Picture
Andhra Pradesh Blackbuck
Arunachal Pradesh Gayal
Assam One-horned rhino
Bihar Gaur
Chhattisgarh Wild buffalo
Goa Gaur
Gujarat Asiatic lion
Haryana Blackbuck
Himachal Pradesh Snow leopard
Jharkhand Indian elephant
Karnataka Indian elephant
Kerala Indian elephant
Lakshadweep Butterfly fish
Meghalaya Clouded leopard
Madhya Pradesh Barasingha
Maharashtra Indian giant squirrel
Manipur Sangai
Mizoram Hoolock gibbon
Nagaland Gaur
Odisha Indian elephant
Punjab Blackbuck
Rajasthan Chinkara
Sikkim Red panda
Tamil Nadu Nilgiri tahr
Tripura Phayre's langur
Uttarakhand Musk deer
Uttar Pradesh Swamp deer
West Bengal Royal Bengal tiger

Indonesia

Province Provincial animal Picture
Aceh Rufous-tailed shama
North Sumatra Nias myna
West Sumatra Great argus
Riau Blue-crowned hanging parrot
Riau Islands Humphead snapper
Jambi Sumatran tiger
South Sumatra Giant featherback
Bangka–Belitung Islands Horsfield's tarsier
Bengkulu Sun bear
Lampung Sumatran elephant
Banten Javan rhinoceros
Jakarta Brahminy kite
West Java Javan leopard
Central Java Black-naped oriole
Special Region of Yogyakarta Zebra dove
East Java Bekisar
West Kalimantan Helmeted hornbill
Central Kalimantan Bornean peacock-pheasant
East Kalimantan Irrawaddy dolphin
South Kalimantan Proboscis monkey
Bali Bali starling
West Nusa Tenggara Sunda deer
East Nusa Tenggara Komodo dragon
South East Sulawesi Anoa
South Sulawesi Knobbed hornbill
West Sulawesi Snoring rail
Central Sulawesi Maleo
Gorontalo Dussumier's mullet
North Sulawesi Spectral tarsier
North Maluku Standardwing
Maluku Moluccan king parrot
West Papua Red bird-of-paradise
Papua Twelve-wired bird-of-paradise

Italy

Administrative region Historical region
and cities
Regional animal Picture
Abruzzo Abruzzo Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata)
Marsica Marsican brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus)
Aosta Valley Aosta Valley Lion rampant (Panthera leo)
Apulia Capitanata and Daunia Griffin
Salento Common dolphin (Delpihinus delphi)
Jonian Apulia Italic scorpion (Euscorpius italicus)
Basilicata Lucania Lucanian wolf (Canis lupus italicus)
Calabria Vitulia or Bruttium Bull (Bos taurus)
Campania Campania Felix and Samnium Mediterranean Italian buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
Irpinia Irpinian wolf (Canis lupus italicus)
Benevento and Caudinia Calydonian boar (Sus scrofa)
Emilia-Romagna Bologna Lion (Panthera leo)
Emilia Estense (FE MO RE) White eagle
Piacenza Capitoline She-Wolf
Romagna Rooster (Galus gallus domesticus)
Friuli-Venezia Giulia Friuli Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
Lazio Latium Imperial eagle
Rome Capitoline She-Wolf
Sabina Bull (Bos taurus)
Tuscia Nemean lion
Liguria Liguria Swan (Cygnus olor)
Lombardy Insubria/West Lombardy Half-woolly sow albino (Sus scrofa)
Grass snake (Natrix natrix)
Brescia Lioness
Marche Picenum and Marche Green woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Molise Samnium and Molise Ox (Bos taurus)
Piedmont Canavese and Ivrea Epona's horses (Equus ferus caballus)
Turin and Taurasia Sacred (Apis) bull (Bos taurus)
Sardinia Sardinia Asinara donkey (Equus asinus var. albina)
Giara horse (Equus ferus caballus)
Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
Sardinian mouflon (Ovis aries musimon)
Sheep (Ovis aries)
Sicily Catania u Liotru/pygmy elephant (Palaeoloxodon falconeri)
Messina Italian hare (Lepus corsicanus)
Palermo Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
Trentino-Südtirol Trentino and South Tyrol Imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca)
Tuscany Modern Tuscany Pegasus
Etruria Chimera of Arezzo
Elba Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
Umbria Umbria region Wolf of Gubbio
Perugia and Narni Griffin
Terni Thyrus the wivern

Japan

Country National animal Picture
 Japan Koi, green pheasant
Province Provincial animal
 Akita Akita dog
 Chiba Meadow bunting
Bream
Coho salmon
 Kanagawa Common gull
Orca
 Hokkaidō Red-crowned crane
 Kyoto Raccoon dog
Streaked shearwater
 Tokyo Boar
Black-headed gull

Malaysia

State State animals and birds Pictures
Sarawak Sarawak Rhinoceros hornbill
Johor Johore Malayan tiger
Perak Perak Malayan tiger
Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan
Malacca Malacca Mousedeer
Selangor Selangor White-bellied sea eagle

Mexico

State State animal Picture
Chihuahua (state) Chihuahua Chihuahua
Tabasco Tabasco Bull

 Pakistan

Provinces, state and territories Sub-national animals and birds of Pakistan Picture
Islamabad Capital Territory Rhesus macaque
Rose-ringed parakeet

Balochistan Dromedary camel
MacQueen's bustard

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Kabul markhor
White-crested kalij pheasant

The Punjab Urial
Peafowl

Sindh Sindh ibex
Sind sparrow

Gilgit–Baltistan Yak
Shaheen falcon

Azad Jammu and Kashmir Kashmir stag
Black-necked crane

Philippines

Country National animal Picture
 Philippines Carabao
Also the Philippine eagle, bangus
Province Provincial animal
Cebu Tiger
Bohol Unicorn, red deer

Romania

Historic region National animal
Transylvania Eagle
Muntenia Raven
Moldova Aurochs
Northern Dobruja Dolphin
Banat Lion

South Korea

Country National animal
 South Korea Korean magpie
Province Provincial animal
Jeju Province Woodpecker
Seoul Korean magpie

Spain

Country National animal
 Spain Bull
Autonomous community Community animal
 Catalonia Catalan donkey
Phoenix
Wyvern
 Basque Country Latxa sheep
Pottoka
Betizu cow
 Navarre Latxa sheep
Boar
 Valencian Community Bat
 Galicia Blonde Galician cow
 Cantabria Tudanca cow
 Asturias Goat
 Extremadura White stork

United Kingdom

Country National animal
 United Kingdom Lion, and more modernly bulldog
Also the European robin, red deer & red fox
Home nation National animal
 England Lion
 Scotland Unicorn
Scottish Terrier
 Wales Red dragon
County County animal
Cornwall Cornish chough[4]
 Kent White horse[5]
 Sussex Martlet
 Essex Cat

United States

See also

References

  1. "Symbols of British Columbia". Office of Protocol. Government of British Columbia.
  2. Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. "The Rock Ptarmigan". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-10-17.
  3. Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. "The Canadian Inuit Dog". Archived from the original on 2007-08-06. Retrieved 2007-10-17.
  4. Cornwall Council. "The Cornish Chough". Retrieved 2010-05-14.
  5. "Giant horse to become £2m artwork". BBC News. 10 February 2009.
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