India, officially theRepublic of India is a country inSouth Asia, consisting of28 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 theCentral Government. India has its ownnational symbols.^[2] Apart from thenational symbols, the states and union territories have adopted their own seals and symbols including animals listed below.

List of Indian state animals

State	Common name[3]	Binomial name[4]	Image	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
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

List of Indian state animals (Union territories)

Union territory	Common name[3]	Binomial name[4]	Image	IUCN category[5]
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

• States and union territories of India-related lists
• Lists of animals by country
• Lists of Indian state symbols

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