The City of Orlando has a giant mutant rat, if that counts.Is Canada the only country with a rodent (beaver) as a national emblem?
No fair. Orlando shares that mutant with Anaheim.
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It is a symbol to us and the national animal of Canada, but not really considered a national emblem anymore. It ';was'; considered an emblem at one time when Canada's economy centered around the fur trade. I would say the most official ';emblem'; today would be the maple leaf.
As for other countries that have odd national animals, France and Portugal both have male chickens (rooster/cock), Mauritius has an extinct bird (dodo), and Vietnam has the water buffalo. All of these animals may be weird to others, but have special significance to that country.
In Canada, the beaver is known for its hard work ethic in cutting down trees much larger than itself and its ability to build.
It also shows us the effects that one small creature can have on its environment (damming rivers and creating ponds and lakes), helping us to see that just one person can make a difference in the world if we only try.
From heraldry, Scotland is represented by a unicorn.
Here's an image from the capital, Edinburgh.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Licorn鈥?/a>
The gold shield with the red Lion Rampant represents the kings of Scotland. Before the Act of Union, two unicorns would support it, since only one.
Hi!
Here is an exhaustive list of animal national emblems:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_em鈥?/a>
The Grand Duchy of Fenwick has a mouse!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053084/
Mexico has the Chihuahua (and golden eagle), that's pretty close to a rodent.
The Beaver is a truly proud and noble animal!
Canada does have some of the best Beaver.
Australia has the kangaroo...and farmers here think of them as vermin.
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