Are there any wild animals in Gran Canaria?
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What is the national animal of Gran Canaria?
Adrián Jaramillo
2025-10-21 19:51:20
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The Camello Canario is a dromedary, but keeps the name of ‘camel’ which has been traditionally used by the islanders.
There are currently some 1,200 animals on the islands.
The first ‘Camelus dromedarius’ were brought over to the Canary Islands from Africa in around 1405, and were essential to the European colonisation of the islands.
They adapted well to the local conditions and expanded throughout the archipelago, particularly in the south of Gran Canaria and Tenerife and across the islands of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote.
They were used to carry people and goods, and also had an important role in agriculture.
The islands’ indigenous population is the only breed of Camelus dromedarius to be recognised in Europe and, compared with other breeds of dromedary, has a relatively strong constitution, is of medium size, and is well-proportioned.
It’s a stocky beast with a well-developed chest and a muscular conformation.
Today, the Canaries camel is generally used in the tourist industry.
They are used as a means of transport on excursions to the islands’ national parks and nature reserves, including the Timanfaya National Park on Lanzarote.
Andrés Carbonell
2025-10-21 19:50:26
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These species were established as symbols by Decree Law of April 30, 1991 by the Government of the Canary Islands.
Animal and plant symbol of the archipelago as a whole:
Canary Islands Serinus canaria and Phoenix canariensis.
Animal and plant symbol of each of the islands:
El Hierro Gallotia simonyi machadoi and Juniperus phoenicea.
La Gomera Columba junoniae and Persea indica.
La Palma Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax barbarus and Pinus canariensis.
Tenerife Fringilla teydea and Dracaena draco.
Gran Canaria Canis lupus familiaris and Euphorbia canariensis.
Fuerteventura Chlamydotis undulata fuertaventurae and Euphorbia handiensis.
Lanzarote Munidopsis polymorpha and Euphorbia balsamifera.
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Lorena Rivera
2025-10-21 18:22:22
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The flora of the Canary Islands has captured the interest of specialists from all over the world.
Canarian flora is unique in the world as these plant species became already extinct in the other areas of origin during the ice age.
While approximately five hundred of the plant species on Gran Canaria are also found on the other islands, there are more than a hundred species that grow only on Gran Canaria.
Consequently, this island has become a point of reference for the study of the planet’s flora, which explains why people affirm that Gran Canaria is to botany what the Galapagos islands are to zoology.
Visitors who want to start discovering this unique world should not miss the opportunity to visit the Viera y Clavijo Botanical Garden, as well as the various pine forests, the extensive palm tree groves and the laurisilva forest in Los Tiles de Moya, which is one of the last remnants of laurisilva in the world.