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The surrender monkey for France? Kind of funny but surely that should be changed to the cockerel? BV 6.1.07 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.12.222.85 (talk) 06:49, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

VFD

I think it sad that someone put Surender Monkey under France. I know little of Misplaced Pages so I'm not sure how to change things but I know my American history and the Brits would have never lost to the US colonists without the help of the French. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.15.247.129 (talk) 20:09, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

This whole article seems a bit tenuous to me. What is a "National Animal"? So far as I'm aware, the UN doesn't recognise any such attribute. Some countries, but not all, have "fauna emblems" for their administrative regions. If it's the creatures appearing on the coat of arms, then Australia ought to have the emu listed, and Canada ought to have the lion and unicorn. If nobody can tell me what the definition of a "National Animal" is, then I think this article is a good candidate for vfd. jmd 00:57, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

I disagree. Some countries do define national animals, and although the exact definition may vary from country to country, there's no reason we can't have footnotes that explain for each entry why that animal is regarded as a national animal. This article should be targeted for expansion and improvement, not deletion. And see also list of national birds. —Lowellian (reply) 06:32, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Oh, and WTF is going on with the example of the Nepali national animal being a picture of a Holstein?

It says "cow"; there is a picture of a cow. All is well. Arctic Gnome 01:10, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

British Bulldog?

Rich Farmbrough 19:51, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Sub-state animals

I notice that you have the national animals for England, Scotland, and Wales in the list. If this list is including sub-sovereign political units, should it include the animals for each American state, each Australian state, and each Canadian province? Arctic Gnome 16:24, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

England, Scotland and Wales are countries, albeit in political union, which is somewhat different to being a state or a province.

England, Scotland and Wales share a common central government, share a seat at the UN, share a military, share an Olympic team, and I could go on. The term "country" as used in the UK refers to sub-state units. American states and Canadian provinces have equal or probably more sovereignty than do UK's "countries". --Arctic Gnome 23:31, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

That's a little excessive. Note how this is National Animal, not 'state' or 'governmental' animal. England, Scotland and Wales are nations, and have designated animals to represent themselves, from before the union. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.77.85.117 (talk) 19:35, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

National Animal of Sri Lanka

In this page , the national animal of Sri Lanka is mentioned as LION . The constitution of Sri Lanka doesa not classify any animal as National Animal i.e no National Animal in Sri Lanka. A National animal is an animal which is found in the country and is a symbol of pride for all the citizens of the country . Lion is a symbol of pride for all the Sinhala speaking population of the nation , but is not found in the Island. So Lion cannot be the National animal of the Sri Lanka.

It does appear on the Sri Lankan flag, however. Does this qualify? JackofOz 02:07, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

As a note, the national animal doesn't have to be from the country or, infact, even a real animal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.136.146.57 (talk) 18:16, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Photographs

We should really try to get illustrative photographs for the Scottish unicorn and Welsh dragon. :-P QuartierLatin1968 23:16, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

More on photographs

What we have is very good. But what I'd like even more is photos depicting the animals as they actually appear on national logos, symbols, flags, etc, rather than photos of actual live animals. Or both. Any takers? JackofOz 02:07, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Cambodia

The picture isn't of a kouprey. faithless () 02:28, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

• The generic Ox picture was the closest thing I could find within the Commons. Since the animal is severly endangered, photos are scarce. Please feel free to add your own. Reason turns rancid 19:56, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

I changed the Israeli national animal from cobra to a Mountain Gazelle. gazelle was always the national animal of israel, even in yhe talmood the land of israel named "the land of the gazzle" (ארץ הצבי). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.138.135.64 (talk) 11:21, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Canadian Horse

I haven't heard of that one, and I live here (Canada). Sable Island horses for the Maritimes perhaps, but that's regional as opposed to national. Comments? Dolorous Bob (talk) 07:12, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

According to the website linked to in this article as a reference, the Canadian horse is not the national animal of Canada, but rather the "national horse". I think that the national animal of Canada remains the beaver. 142.203.1.9 (talk) 20:57, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Double-headed eagle

The double-headed eagle is employed as a national symbol by Russia and several other states. It was historically used by such noteworthy countries as Austria-Hungary, the Holy Roman Empire, and Byzantium. It was and still is very prominently featured on a wide array of things, from political cartoons to Olympic uniforms. It would make much sense to include them in the table, but the question is, should we consider the double-headed eagle a national animal along the lines of the unicorn and the dragon? There are several sculptures depicting such eagles, but unlike unicorns and dragons, they are rarely presented as real animals. They certainly aren't part of any real folklore and it simply is strange to imagine them as living beings. Any thoughts on that subject? --Humanophage (talk) 23:13, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Sub-national animals: Keep or remove?

User:CambridgeBayWeather removed the sub-national section, citing list size; I have restored it pending discussion. I'm not sure what is meant by that; the article size is fine. Is the list too long with the sub-nationals? Discuss. Lockesdonkey (talk) 19:33, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Ah sorry that was an error and referred to another list that was too big. By the way you didn't restore all of the sub-nationals, you missed things like the military icon of the Pakistan Air Force and other sub-nationals that were part of the main part of the article. The sub-national section removal should have been "Remove all sub-national as they are not national animals as per the title of this article". If the list is to be for both national and sub-national then a seperate article List of national and sub-national animals needs creating and this can comply with the title of national animals. Currently the list is not overly long but the continual adding of of sub-nationals will make the list over large. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 22:59, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

I've removed the request for a third opinion as there doesn't appear to be an active dispute. If I'm in error and you would like an opinion, please let me know. Thanks. Brad 06:51, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Macaw?

Where did you get that the macaw is the Brazilian national Animal? The brazilian national bird is the Jabiru or tuiuiu; the national animal is the jaguar. seems that this whole page was pulled out of someone's head, without any real research or knowledge. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.63.17.158 (talk) 21:05, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

I changed the name of the country Macedonia to FYROM. There is no such country as Macedonia, just FYROM or Republic of Macedonia as is its constitutional name, and Macedonia, a region of Greece. If someone else changes it, he should use either FYROM or Republic of Macedonia. Alfadog777 (talk) 14:47, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Dragon?

I missed that National Geographics special. Should mythical/supernatural/scifi beings be allowed under the title of "animals"?

-G —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.32.141.8 (talk) 03:27, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

EDIT WARS

Instead of fighting an edit war, post your thoughts here, instead of simply reverting it every time.Alfadog777 (talk) 22:04, 23 April 2009 (UTC)