India, officially the Republic of India is a country in South Asia, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories. 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. Apart from the national symbols, the states and union territories have adopted their own seals and symbols including animals listed below.
States + List of Indian state animals State Common name Binomial name Image IUCN category Andhra Pradesh Blackbuck Antilope cervicapra Least Concern Arunachal Pradesh Gayal Bos frontalis Vulnerable Assam One-horned rhinoceros Rhinoceros unicornis BiharGaur 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 JharkhandIndian elephantElephas maximusEndangered 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 Sikkim Red panda Ailurus fulgens Endangered Tamil Nadu Nilgiri tahr Nilgiritragus hylocrius 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 + List of Indian state animals (Union territories) Union territory Common name Binomial name Image IUCN category Andaman and Nicobar Islands Dugong Dugong dugon Vulnerable Chandigarh Indian gray mongoose Herpestes edwardsi Least Concern Delhi Nilgai Boselaphus tragocamelus 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
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