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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| 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 |
| 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 |
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