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Bengal tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris tigris [31] Indian peafowl (national bird) Pavo cristatus [32] Ganges river dolphin (national aquatic animal) Platanista gangetica [33] Indian elephant (national heritage animal) Elephas maximus indicus [34] Indonesia: Komodo dragon (national animal) Varanus komodoensis [35] Javan hawk-eagle ...
The only endemic fish in Sweden is the critically endangered freshwater Coregonus trybomi, still surviving in only a single lake. [14] Amphibians found in Sweden include eleven species of frogs and toads and two species of newt, while reptiles include four species of snake and three species of lizard. They are all protected under the law. [15]
This is a list of national birds, including official birds of overseas territories and other states described as nations. Most species in the list are officially designated. Most species in the list are officially designated.
The winners of the 2024 European Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards have been announced. Launched in 2001, this competition is one of the most prestigious in modern nature photography. This ...
The Eurasian blackbird is the national bird of Sweden.. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Sweden.The avifauna of Sweden included a total of 560 confirmed species as of October 2024, according to BirdLife Sveriges (BLS) with supplemental additions from Avibase. [1]
Amphibians and Reptiles portal; General references. Wetterin, Marianne (2009). Fridlysta växter och djur i Sverige (PDF) (in Swedish). Environmental Protection Agency. pp. 6– 8.
There are 84 mammal species (with two uncertain) recorded in Sweden according to the IUCN Red List. Two are endangered, one is vulnerable as well now extinct, and four are near threatened. The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
The publishing plan comprises 100,000 illustrations spread over more than 100 volumes, to appear over a period of 20 years, listing and providing popular scientific descriptions of all species of plants and animals in Sweden. So large a work has never been published in the history of Swedish literature.