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This is a list of animals that represent first-level administrative country subdivisions.
List by country
editAustralia
editCanada
editProvince/territory | Animal | Picture |
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Great horned owl[10] | ||
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep[10] | ||
Bull trout[10] | ||
Steller's jay[11] | ||
Spirit bear[11][12] | ||
Great grey owl[13] | ||
North American plains bison[13] | ||
Pickerel (Sander vitreus)[13] | ||
Polar bear[13] | ||
Black-capped chickadee[14] | ||
Atlantic puffin[15] | ||
Labrador Retriever | ||
Newfoundland[15] | ||
Newfoundland pony[15] | ||
Partridge (provincial game bird)[15] | ||
Osprey[16] | ||
Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling Retriever (provincial dog)[16] | ||
Sable Island horse (provincial horse)[16] | ||
Gyrfalcon[17] | ||
Arctic grayling[17] | ||
Rock ptarmigan (Aqilgiq, ᐊᕐᑭᒡᒋᖅ ᐊᑕᔪᓕᒃ) Lagopus mutus[18] |
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Canadian Inuit Dog (Qimmiq, ᕿᒻᒥᖅ) Canis Familiaris Borealis[19] |
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Common loon[20] | ||
Blue jay[21] | ||
Red fox[22] | ||
Snowy owl[23] | ||
Sharp-tailed grouse[24] | ||
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)[24] | ||
Walleye (Sander vitreus)[24] | ||
Common raven[25] |
People's Republic of China
editProvinces and territories (autonomous regions) | Provincial animals | Picture |
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Guangdong[citation needed] | 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 |
India
editIndonesia
editItaly
editJapan
editCountry | National animal | Picture |
---|---|---|
Koi, green pheasant | ||
Prefecture | Prefectural animal | |
Akita dog | ||
Meadow bunting | ||
Bream | ||
Coho salmon | ||
Common gull | ||
Orca | ||
Red-crowned crane | ||
Raccoon dog | ||
Streaked shearwater | ||
Boar | ||
Black-headed gull |
Netherlands
editMalaysia
editState | State animals and birds | Pictures |
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Rhinoceros hornbill | ||
Malayan tiger | ||
Malayan tiger | ||
Mousedeer | ||
White-bellied sea eagle |
Mexico
editState | State animal | Picture |
---|---|---|
Chihuahua | ||
Bull |
Pakistan
editProvinces, state and territories | Sub-national animals and birds of Pakistan | Picture |
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Rhesus macaque Rose-ringed parakeet |
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Dromedary camel MacQueen's bustard |
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Kabul markhor White-crested kalij pheasant |
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Urial Peafowl |
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Sindh ibex Sind sparrow |
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Gilgit–Baltistan | Wild yak Shaheen falcon |
Philippines
editCountry | National animal | Picture |
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Carabao Also the Philippine eagle, bangus |
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Province | Provincial animal | |
Cebu | Tiger | |
Bohol | Unicorn, red deer |
Romania
editHistoric region | National animal | |
---|---|---|
Transylvania | Eagle | |
Muntenia | Raven | |
Moldova | Aurochs | |
Northern Dobruja | Dolphin | |
Banat | Lion |
South Korea
editCountry | National animal | |
---|---|---|
Siberian tiger | ||
Province | Provincial animal | |
Woodpecker | ||
Korean magpie |
Spain
editCountry | National animal | |
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Bull | ||
Autonomous community | Community animal | |
Goat | ||
Latxa sheep | ||
Pottoka | ||
Betizu cow | ||
Atlantic canary[26] | ||
Tudanca cow | ||
Catalan donkey | ||
Phoenix | ||
Wyvern | ||
Atlantic mackerel[27][28] | ||
White stork | ||
Blonde Galician cow | ||
Latxa sheep | ||
Boar | ||
Bat |
Sweden
editTaiwan
editSpecial municipalities, counties, and cities | animal | Picture |
---|---|---|
Taiwan blue magpie | ||
Little egret | ||
Black kite | ||
black porgy | ||
Oriental skylark | ||
Longfin grouper |
United Kingdom
editSubdivision | Animal | Picture |
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Home nations | ||
Lion | ||
Unicorn | ||
Scottish Terrier | ||
Red dragon | ||
Counties | ||
Cornish chough[29] | ||
White horse[30] | ||
Martlet | ||
Cat |
Crown Dependencies | |||
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Dependecy | Animal Nickname | Picture | |
Crapaud (toads) | |||
Bailiwick of Guernsey | Les ânes (donkeys) | ||
vaques (cows) | |||
Lapins (rabbits) | |||
corbin (crows) |
United States
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Symbols of Western Australia". Website of the Western Australian Government. Western Australian Government. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Using the state insignia and emblems". Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Government of South Australia Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Does our state emblem, the piping shrike, actually exist?". ABC listen. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ a b c "Victoria's state emblems". Victorian Government. 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. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ a b c "State emblems". New South Wales Government Website. New South Wales Government. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ a b c "State flags, emblems, and icons". Queensland Government Website. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Official symbols and emblems". Northern Territory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ a b c "Alberta's provincial symbols". Government of Canada website. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b c d "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. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial symbols". Government of Canada website. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ a b c "Nova Scotia's provincial symbols". Government of Canada website. Government of Canada. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Northwest Territories' territorial symbols". Government of Canada website. Government of Canada. 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. 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.
- ^ a b c "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. 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.