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Scientific Names of Animals

This document lists the state animals of all 29 states and union territories of India. It provides the common name and scientific name of the designated state animal for each state/territory. Some examples include the blackbuck as the state animal of Andhra Pradesh (Antilope cervicapra), the one-horned rhino for Assam (Rhinoceros unicornis), and the Asiatic lion for Gujarat (Panthera leo persica).

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Scientific Names of Animals

This document lists the state animals of all 29 states and union territories of India. It provides the common name and scientific name of the designated state animal for each state/territory. Some examples include the blackbuck as the state animal of Andhra Pradesh (Antilope cervicapra), the one-horned rhino for Assam (Rhinoceros unicornis), and the Asiatic lion for Gujarat (Panthera leo persica).

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This is a list of the state animals of all the states and union territories of India.

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State

Andhra Pradesh

Common name

Blackbuck

Scientific name

Antilope cervicapra

Arunachal Pradesh Gayal

Bos frontalis

Assam

One-horned rhino

Rhinoceros unicornis

Bihar

Gaur

Bos gaurus

Chhattisgarh

Wild Buffalo

B. bubalis arnee

Goa

Gaur

Bos gaurus

Gujarat

Asiatic Lion

Panthera leo persica

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Haryana

Blackbuck

Antilope cervicapra

Himachal Pradesh

Snow Leopard

Uncia uncia or Panthera


uncia

Jammu and
Kashmir

Kashmir stag

Cervus elaphus hanglu

Jharkhand

Indian Elephant

Elephas maximus indicus

Karnataka

Indian Elephant

Elephas maximus indicus

Kerala

Indian Elephant

Elephas maximus indicus

Lakshadweep

Butterfly Fish

Chaetodon decussatus

Meghalaya

Clouded Leopard

Neofelis nebulosa

Madhya Pradesh

Barasingha

Rucervus duvaucelii

Maharashtra

Indian Giant
Squirrel

Ratufa indica

Manipur

Sangai

Cervus eldi eldi

Mizoram

serow

capricornis

Nagaland

Gaur

Bos gaurus

Odisha

Sambar

Rusa unicolor

Puducherry

Squirrel

Sciuridae

Punjab

Blackbuck

Antilope cervicapra

Rajasthan

Camel

Camelus

Sikkim

Red Panda

Ailurus fulgens

Tamil Nadu

Nilgiri Tahr

Nilgiritragus hylocrius

Telangana

Gaur

Bos gaurus

Tripura

Phayre's Langur

Trachypithecus phayrei

Uttarakhand

Musk deer

Moschidae

Uttar Pradesh

Swamp Deer

Rucervus duvaucelii

West Bengal

Fishing cat

Prionailurus viverrinus

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