List of Indian state animals

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India, officially the Republic of India is a country in South Asia, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories.{{cite web|url=https://knowindia.india.gov.in/states-uts/|title=States and Union Territories|publisher=Government of India|access-date=21 April 2024|archive-date=5 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205154934/https://knowindia.india.gov.in/states-uts/|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|title=National Symbols|url=https://www.india.gov.in/india-glance/national-symbols|access-date=14 August 2022|publisher=Government of India|archive-date=1 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501093137/https://www.india.gov.in/india-glance/national-symbols|url-status=live}} Apart from the national symbols, the states and union territories have adopted their own seals and symbols including animals listed below.

States

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|+ List of Indian state animals

! State

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! Binomial name{{cite web|url=https://a-z-animals.com/animals/scientific/|title=Scientific names|publisher=A-Z animals|access-date=1 May 2024|archive-date=17 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517031141/https://a-z-animals.com/animals/scientific/|url-status=live}}

! Image

! IUCN category{{cite web|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/|title=IUCN redlist|publisher=IUCN|access-date=1 May 2024|archive-date=27 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627094911/https://www.iucnredlist.org/|url-status=live}}

Andhra Pradesh

| Blackbuck

| Antilope cervicapra

| 100px

| Least Concern

Arunachal Pradesh

| Gayal

| Bos frontalis

| 100px

| rowspan="3"|Vulnerable

Assam

| One-horned rhinoceros

| Rhinoceros unicornis

| 100px

Bihar

|Gaur

| Bos gaurus

|100px

Chhattisgarh

| Wild water buffalo

| Bubalus arnee

| 100px

| Endangered

Goa

| Gaur

| Bos gaurus

| 100px

| Vulnerable

Gujarat

| Asiatic lion

| Panthera leo

| 100px

| Endangered

Haryana

| Blackbuck

| Antilope cervicapra

| 100px

| Least Concern

Himachal Pradesh

| Snow leopard

| Panthera uncia

| 100px

| Vulnerable

Jharkhand

| rowspan="3"|Indian elephant

| rowspan="3"|Elephas maximus

| rowspan="3"|100px

| rowspan="3"|Endangered

Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh

| Swamp deer

| Rucervus duvaucelii

| 100px

| Vulnerable

Maharashtra

| Indian giant squirrel

| Ratufa indica

| 100px

| Least Concern

Manipur

| Sangai

| Cervus eldi

| 100px

| Endangered

Meghalaya

| Clouded leopard

| Neofelis nebulosa

| 100px

| rowspan="4"|Vulnerable

Mizoram

| Himalayan serow

| Capricornis thar

| 100px

Nagaland

| Gayal

| Bos frontalis

| 100px

Odisha

| Sambar

| Rusa unicolor

| 100px

Punjab

| Blackbuck

| Antilope cervicapra

| 100px

| rowspan="2"|Least Concern

Rajasthan

| Chinkara

| Gazella bennettii

| 100px

Sikkim

| Red panda

| Ailurus fulgens

| 100px

| rowspan="2"|Endangered

Tamil Nadu

| Nilgiri tahr

| Nilgiritragus hylocrius

| 100px

Telangana

| Spotted deer

| Axis axis

| 100px

| Least Concern

Tripura

| Phayre's langur

| Trachypithecus phayrei

| 100px

| Endangered

Uttar Pradesh

| Swamp deer

| Rucervus duvaucelii

| 100px

| Vulnerable

Uttarakhand

| Alpine musk deer

| Moschus chrysogaster

| 100px

| Endangered

West Bengal

| Fishing cat

| Prionailurus viverrinus

| 100px

| Vulnerable

Union territories

References

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