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India, officially the Republic of India is a country in South Asia, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories. [1] All Indian states and some of the union territories have their own elected government and the union territories come under the jurisdiction of the Central Government. India has its own national symbols. [2]
Malayan tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris [41] Mongolia: Saker falcon (national bird) Falco cherrug [42] [43] Nepal: Cow (national animal) Bos indicus [44] Himalayan monal (national bird) Lophophorus impejanus Nicaragua: Turquoise-browed motmot (national bird) Eumomota superciliosa [45] Pakistan: Markhor (national animal) Capra falconeri [46]
Tigers in India constitute more than 70% of the global population of tigers. [1] [2] Tigers have been officially adopted as the national animal of India [3] on the recommendation of the National Board for Wildlife [4] since April 1973. [5] In popular local languages, tigers are called baagh, puli or sher. [6]
Join us as we discover the incredible animals that inhabit the country of India – from the Himalayas to the Deccan Plateau and all of the beautiful lands in between. India’s diverse landscape ...
The Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) is the national bird of India. [3] This list does not cover species in Indian jurisdiction areas such as Dakshin Gangotri and oceanic species are delineated by an arbitrary cutoff distance. The list does not include fossil bird species or escapees from captivity.
In India, it has been designated the national heritage animal. [40] It is the national animal of Thailand and Laos. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] The Indian elephant is also the state animal of the Indian states of Jharkhand , Karnataka , Kerala and Odisha .
This list of mammals of India comprises all the mammal species alive in India today. Some of them are common to the point of being considered vermin while others are exceedingly rare. Many species are known from just a few zoological specimens in museums collected in the 19th and 20th centuries. Many of the carnivores and larger mammals are ...
In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans , an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners . [ 1 ]