India is a country rich in biodiversity and various animal species are found across the Indian states and union territories. In this article, we shall discuss the list of animals that are the symbols for the 28 states and 8 Union Territories.
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India is a biodiverse country and contains various kinds of species. The list below shows India’s State animals:
| S.No. | States | Animal |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | Blackbuck |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | Mithun |
| 3 | Assam | Indian One-horned Rhino |
| 4 | Bihar | Gaur |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | Wild Buffalo |
| 6 | Goa | Gaur |
| 7 | Gujarat | Asiatic Lion |
| 8 | Haryana | Blackbuck |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | Snow Leopard |
| 10 | Jharkhand | Elephant |
| 11 | Karnataka | Elephant |
| 12 | Kerala | Elephant |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh | Swamp Deer (Barasingha) |
| 14 | Maharashtra | Giant Squirrel |
| 15 | Manipur | Sangai |
| 16 | Meghalaya | Clouded Leopard |
| 17 | Mizoram | Serow |
| 18 | Nagaland | Mithun |
| 19 | Odisha | Sambhar deer |
| 20 | Punjab | Blackbuck |
| 21 | Rajasthan | Chinkara |
| 22 | Sikkim | Red Panda |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu | Nilgiri Tahr |
| 24 | Telangana | Spotted Deer (Jinka) |
| 25 | Tripura | Phayre’sLangur |
| 26 | Uttarakhand | Musk Deer |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh | Swamp Deer (Barasingha) |
| 28 | West Bengal | Fishing cat |
| S.No. | Union Territories | Animal |
| 1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | Dugong |
| 2 | Chandigarh | Indian grey Mongoose |
| 3 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | – |
| 4 | Lakshadweep | Butterfly Fish |
| 5 | Puducherry | Squirrel |
| 6 | Ladakh | Snow Leopard |
| 7 | Jammu and Kashmir | Kashmir stag |
| 8 | The Government of NCT of Delhi | Nilgai |
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