List of Indian state animals

India, officially the Republic of India is a country in South Asia, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories.^[1] All Indian states and some of the union territories have their own elected government and the union territories come under the jurisdiction of the Central Government. India has its own national symbols.^[2] Apart from the national symbols, the states and union territories have adopted their own seals and symbols including animals listed below.

States[edit]

List of Indian state animals
State	Common name^[3]	Binomial name^[4]	IUCN category^[5]
Andhra Pradesh	Blackbuck	Antilope cervicapra	Least Concern
Arunachal Pradesh	Gayal	Bos frontalis	Vulnerable
Assam	One-horned rhinoceros	Rhinoceros unicornis
Bihar	Gaur	Bos gaurus
Chhattisgarh	Wild water buffalo	Bubalus arnee	Endangered
Goa	Gaur	Bos gaurus	Vulnerable
Gujarat	Asiatic lion	Panthera leo	Endangered
Haryana	Blackbuck	Antilope cervicapra	Least Concern
Himachal Pradesh	Snow leopard	Panthera uncia	Vulnerable
Jharkhand	Indian elephant	Elephas maximus	Endangered
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh	Swamp deer	Rucervus duvaucelii	Vulnerable
Maharashtra	Indian giant squirrel	Ratufa indica	Least Concern
Manipur	Sangai	Cervus eldi	Endangered
Meghalaya	Clouded leopard	Neofelis nebulosa	Vulnerable
Mizoram	Himalayan serow	Capricornis thar
Nagaland	Gayal	Bos frontalis
Odisha	Sambar	Rusa unicolor
Punjab	Blackbuck	Antilope cervicapra	Least Concern
Rajasthan	Chinkara	Gazella bennettii	Least Concern
Sikkim	Red panda	Ailurus fulgens	Endangered
Tamil Nadu	Nilgiri tahr	Nilgiritragus hylocrius	Endangered
Telangana	Spotted deer	Axis axis	Least Concern
Tripura	Phayre's langur	Trachypithecus phayrei	Endangered
Uttar Pradesh	Swamp deer	Rucervus duvaucelii	Vulnerable
Uttarakhand	Alpine musk deer	Moschus chrysogaster	Endangered
West Bengal	Fishing cat	Prionailurus viverrinus	Vulnerable

Union territories[edit]

List of Indian state animals (Union territories)
Union territory	Common name^[3]	Binomial name^[4]	IUCN category^[5]
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Dugong	Dugong dugon	Vulnerable
Chandigarh	Indian gray mongoose	Herpestes edwardsi	Least Concern
Delhi	Nilgai	Boselaphus tragocamelus	Least Concern
Jammu and Kashmir	Hangul	Cervus hanglu	Critically Endangered
Ladakh	Snow leopard	Panthera uncia	Vulnerable
Lakshadweep	Butterfly fish	Chaetodon decussatus	Least Concern
Puducherry	Indian palm squirrel	Funambulus palmarum	Least Concern

References[edit]

^ "States and Union Territories". Government of India. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
^ "National Symbols". Government of India. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "State symbols of India". Government of India. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Scientific names". A-Z animals. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b "IUCN redlist". IUCN. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[1] "States and Union Territories". Government of India. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2024.

[Symbol-2] "National Symbols". Government of India. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

[ENVIS-3] "State symbols of India". Government of India. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[Name-4] "Scientific names". A-Z animals. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[IUCN-5] "IUCN redlist". IUCN. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

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