List of Indian State/UT Animal 2023

State and UT Animals

India is rich in biodiversity and nature. Nature is made of various species of animals and birds. The flora and fauna of India make it more colorful. In India, there are 28 states and 8 Union territories and each one of them has a different state or Union territory animal. The state animal of Andhra Pradesh is Blackbuck and the UT Animal of Ladakh is Snow Leopard, which was declared recently. The state animal of Chhattisgarh which is the wild buffalo is going extinct after the death of the sole female Buffalo in Chhattisgarh. In this article, you’ll about the different state/UT animals of India with their scientific names.

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List of State Animals

Sl. No.	State	Animal	Scientific Name
1.	Andhra Pradesh	Blackbuck	Antilope cervicapra
2.	Arunachal Pradesh	Gayal/Mithun	Bos frontalis
3.	Assam	One-horned rhinoceros	Rhinoceros unicornis
4.	Bihar	Gaur	Bos gaurus
5.	Chhattisgarh	Wild Buffalo	Bubalus bubalis arnee
6.	Goa	Gaur	Bos gaurus
7.	Gujarat	Asiatic lion	Panthera leo persica
8.	Haryana	Blackbuck	Antilope cervicapra
9.	Himachal Pradesh	Snow Leopard	Uncia uncia or Panthera uncia
10.	Jharkhand	Indian Elephant	Elephas maximus indicus
11.	Karnataka	Indian Elephant	Elephas maximus indicus
12.	Kerala	Indian Elephant	Elephas maximus indicus
13.	Madhya Pradesh	Barasingha swamp deer	Rucervus duvaucelii
14.	Maharastra	Indian giant squirrel	Ratufa indica
15.	Manipur	Sangai	Cervus eldi eldi
16.	Meghalaya	Clouded leopard	Neofelis nebulosa
17.	Mizoram	Himalayan serow	Capricornis thar
18.	Nagaland	Gayal/Mithun	Bos frontalis
19.	Odisha	Sambar	Rusa unicolor
20.	Punjab	Blackbuck	Antilope cervicapra
21.	Rajasthan	Chinkara	Gazella bennetti
22.	Sikkim	Red Panda	Ailurus fulgens
23.	Tamil Nadu	Nilgiri tahr	Nilgiritragus hylocrius
24.	Telangana	Spotted deer	Axis axis
25.	Tripura	Phayre’s langur	Trachypithecus phayrei
26.	Uttar Pradesh	Swamp Deer	Rucervus duvaucelii
27.	Uttarakhand	Alpine Musk Deer	Moschus chrysogaster
28.	West Bengal	Fishing Cat	Prionailurus viverrinus

List of Union Territories Animals

Sl.No	Union Territory	Animal	Scientific Name
1.	Andaman & Nicobar	Dugong	Dugong dugon
2.	Chandigarh	Indian Grey Mongoose	Herpestes edwardsi
3.	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	–
4.	Delhi	Nilgai	Boselaphus tragocamelus
5.	Jammu and Kashmir	Kashmir Stag	Cervus elaphus hanglu
6.	Lakshadweep	Butterfly Fish	Chaetodon decussatus
7.	Puducherry	Squirrel	Funambulus palmarum
8.	Ladakh	Snow Leopard	Uncia uncia or Panthera uncia