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

Canada

Province/territory	Animal	Picture
Alberta	Great horned owl
	Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep
	Bull trout
British Columbia	Steller's jay
British Columbia	Spirit bear
Manitoba	Great grey owl
	North American plains bison
	Pickerel (Sander vitreus)
	Polar bear
New Brunswick	Black-capped chickadee
Newfoundland and Labrador	Atlantic puffin
	Labrador Retriever
	Newfoundland
	Newfoundland pony
	Partridge (provincial game bird)
Nova Scotia	Osprey
	Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling Retriever (provincial dog)
	Sable Island horse (provincial horse)
Northwest Territories	Gyrfalcon
Northwest Territories	Arctic grayling
Nunavut	Rock ptarmigan (Aqilgiq, ᐊᕐᑭᒡᒋᖅ ᐊᑕᔪᓕᒃ) Lagopus mutus
Nunavut	Canadian Inuit Dog (Qimmiq, ᕿᒻᒥᖅ) Canis Familiaris Borealis
Ontario	Common loon
Prince Edward Island	Blue jay
Prince Edward Island	Red fox
Québec	Snowy owl
Saskatchewan	Sharp-tailed grouse
	White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
	Walleye (Sander vitreus)
Yukon	Common raven

People's Republic of China

Provinces and territories (autonomous regions)	Provincial animals	Picture
Guangdong^{[citation needed]}	Giant panda (territorial animal of Guangdong)
Guangdong^{[citation needed]}	Silver pheasant (territorial bird of Guangdong)

Hainan	Hainan partridge
Ningxia	Blue-eared pheasant
Ningxia	Red panda
Qinghai	Black-necked crane
Shaanxi	Crested ibis
Shanxi	Brown eared pheasant

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
Jammu and Kashmir	Kashmir Stag (Hangul)
Jharkhand	Indian elephant
Karnataka	Indian elephant
Kerala	Indian elephant
Meghalaya	Clouded leopard
Madhya Pradesh	Barasingha
Maharashtra	Indian giant squirrel
Manipur	Sangai
Mizoram	Hoolock gibbon
Nagaland	Gaur
Odisha	Sambar
Punjab	Blackbuck
Rajasthan	Dromedary Camel
Sikkim	Red panda
Tamil Nadu	Nilgiri tahr
Telangana	Spotted deer
Tripura	Phayre's langur
Uttarakhand	Alpine musk deer
Uttar Pradesh	Swamp deer
West Bengal	Fishing cat

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

Country	National animal	Picture
Italy	Italian wolf
Administrative region	Historical region and cities	Regional animal	Picture
Abruzzo	Abruzzo	Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata)
Abruzzo	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 (Gallus 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)
	Insubria/West Lombardy	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)
Piedmont	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

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

Netherlands

Malaysia

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

Mexico

State	State animal	Picture
Chihuahua	Chihuahua
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	Punjab urial Peafowl
Sindh	Sindh ibex Sind sparrow
Gilgit–Baltistan	Wild yak Shaheen falcon

Philippines

Province	Provincial animal
Country	National animal	Picture
Philippines	Carabao Also the Philippine eagle, bangus
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	Siberian tiger
Province	Provincial animal
Jeju Province	Woodpecker
Seoul	Korean magpie

Spain

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

Sweden

Province	Provincial animal	Picture
Blekinge	Stag beetle
Bohuslän	Harbor seal
Dalarna	Eagle-owl
Dalsland	Raven
Gotland	Hedgehog
Gästrikland	Wood grouse
Halland	Salmon
Hälsingland	Lynx
Härjedalen	Brown bear
Jämtland	Moose
Lapland	Arctic fox
Medelpad	Mountain hare
Norrbotten	Siberian jay
Närke	Dormouse
Skåne	Red deer
Småland	Otter
Södermanland	Osprey
Uppland	White-tailed eagle
Värmland	Wolf
Västerbotten	Curlew
Västergötland	Crane
Västmanland	Roe deer
Ångermanland	Beaver
Öland	Nightingale
Östergötland	Mute swan

Taiwan

Special municipalities, counties, and cities	animal	Picture
Taipei	Taiwan blue magpie
New Taipei City	Little egret
Keelung	Black kite
Keelung	black porgy
Penghu	Oriental skylark
Penghu	Longfin grouper

United Kingdom

Subdivision	Animal	Picture
Home nations
England	Lion
Scotland	Unicorn
Scotland	Scottish Terrier
Wales	Red dragon
Counties
Cornwall	Cornish chough
Kent	White horse
Sussex	Martlet
Essex	Cat

Crown Dependencies
Dependecy		Animal Nickname	Picture
Jersey		Crapaud (toads)
Bailiwick of Guernsey	Guernsey	Les ânes (donkeys)
	Alderney	vaques (cows)
	Alderney	Lapins (rabbits)
	Sark	corbin (crows)

United States

References

1 2 3 "Symbols of Western Australia". Website of the Western Australian Government. Western Australian Government. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
1 2 "Using the state insignia and emblems". Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Government of South Australia Department of the Premier and Cabinet. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
↑ "Does our state emblem, the piping shrike, actually exist?". ABC listen. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
1 2 3 "Victoria's state emblems". Victorian Government. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
↑ "The Symbols of Tasmania". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
↑ "ACT Flags and Emblems". Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate. Australian Capital Territory Government Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
1 2 3 "State emblems". New South Wales Government Website. New South Wales Government. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
1 2 3 "State flags, emblems, and icons". Queensland Government Website. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
1 2 "Official symbols and emblems". Northern Territory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
1 2 3 "Alberta's provincial symbols". Government of Canada website. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
1 2 "British Columbia's provincial symbols". Government of Canada website. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
↑ "Symbols of British Columbia". Office of Protocol. Government of British Columbia. Archived from the original on 26 January 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
1 2 3 4 "Official Emblems of Manitoba" (PDF). Province of Manitoba website. Manitoba government. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
↑ "New Brunswick's provincial symbols". Government of Canada website. Government of Canada. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
1 2 3 4 "Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial symbols". Government of Canada website. Government of Canada. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
1 2 3 "Nova Scotia's provincial symbols". Government of Canada website. Government of Canada. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
1 2 "Northwest Territories' territorial symbols". Government of Canada website. Government of Canada. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
↑ Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. "The Rock Ptarmigan". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2007.
↑ Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. "The Canadian Inuit Dog". Archived from the original on 6 August 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2007.
↑ "Ontario's provincial symbols". Government of Canada website. Government of Canada. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
↑ "Provincial Bird". Prince Edward Island Executive Council Office. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
↑ "Provincial Animal". 7 August 2020.
↑ "Québec's Symbols". Secrétariat du Québec aux relations canadiennes website. Secrétariat du Québec aux relations canadiennes. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
1 2 3 "Emblems and Flags". Government of Saskatchewan website. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
↑ "Yukon's territorial symbols". Government of Canada website. Government of Canada. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
↑ Símbolos de la naturaleza para las Islas Canarias [Natural Symbols for the Canary Islands] (Ley 7/1991) (in Spanish). Vol. 151. 30 April 1991. pp. 20946–20497 – via BOE.
↑ "Caballas". El Faro de Ceuta (in Spanish). 15 May 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
↑ caballa | Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish) (23.5 ed.). RAE-ASALE. 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
↑ Cornwall Council. "The Cornish Chough". Retrieved 14 May 2010.
↑ "Giant horse to become £2m artwork". BBC News. 10 February 2009.

[WA_animal_emblems-1] 1 2 3 "Symbols of Western Australia". Website of the Western Australian Government. Western Australian Government. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[SA_animal_emblems-2] 1 2 "Using the state insignia and emblems". Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Government of South Australia Department of the Premier and Cabinet. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[3] "Does our state emblem, the piping shrike, actually exist?". ABC listen. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.

[Vic_animal_emblems-4] 1 2 3 "Victoria's state emblems". Victorian Government. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[5] "The Symbols of Tasmania". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[6] "ACT Flags and Emblems". Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate. Australian Capital Territory Government Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[NSW_animal_emblems-7] 1 2 3 "State emblems". New South Wales Government Website. New South Wales Government. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[Qld_animal_emblems-8] 1 2 3 "State flags, emblems, and icons". Queensland Government Website. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[NT_animal_emblems-9] 1 2 "Official symbols and emblems". Northern Territory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[Alb._off._animals-10] 1 2 3 "Alberta's provincial symbols". Government of Canada website. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

[BC_off._animals-11] 1 2 "British Columbia's provincial symbols". Government of Canada website. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

[12] "Symbols of British Columbia". Office of Protocol. Government of British Columbia. Archived from the original on 26 January 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

[Man._off._animals-13] 1 2 3 4 "Official Emblems of Manitoba" (PDF). Province of Manitoba website. Manitoba government. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

[14] "New Brunswick's provincial symbols". Government of Canada website. Government of Canada. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

[NL_off._animals-15] 1 2 3 4 "Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial symbols". Government of Canada website. Government of Canada. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

[NS_off._animals-16] 1 2 3 "Nova Scotia's provincial symbols". Government of Canada website. Government of Canada. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2023.

[NwT_off._animals-17] 1 2 "Northwest Territories' territorial symbols". Government of Canada website. Government of Canada. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2023.

[18] Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. "The Rock Ptarmigan". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2007.

[19] Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. "The Canadian Inuit Dog". Archived from the original on 6 August 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2007.

[Ont._off._animals-20] "Ontario's provincial symbols". Government of Canada website. Government of Canada. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2023.

[PEI_off._animal-21] "Provincial Bird". Prince Edward Island Executive Council Office. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

[22] "Provincial Animal". 7 August 2020.

[Que._off._animals-23] "Québec's Symbols". Secrétariat du Québec aux relations canadiennes website. Secrétariat du Québec aux relations canadiennes. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

[Sask._off._animals-24] 1 2 3 "Emblems and Flags". Government of Saskatchewan website. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

[Yuk._off._animals-25] "Yukon's territorial symbols". Government of Canada website. Government of Canada. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

[26] Símbolos de la naturaleza para las Islas Canarias [Natural Symbols for the Canary Islands] (Ley 7/1991) (in Spanish). Vol. 151. 30 April 1991. pp. 20946–20497 – via BOE.

[ElFaro-27] "Caballas". El Faro de Ceuta (in Spanish). 15 May 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2022.

[DRAE-28] caballa | Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish) (23.5 ed.). RAE-ASALE. 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2022.

[29] Cornwall Council. "The Cornish Chough". Retrieved 14 May 2010.

[30] "Giant horse to become £2m artwork". BBC News. 10 February 2009.

List of animals representing first-level administrative country subdivisions

List by country

Australia

Canada

People's Republic of China

India

Indonesia

Italy

Japan

Netherlands

Malaysia

Mexico

Pakistan

Philippines

Romania

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Taiwan

United Kingdom

United States

See also

References