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List of U.S. state mammals

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This is a list of official mammals of U.S. states.

State mammals[change]

Key: Years in parentheses are the year of adoption by the state's legislature.

Minnesota's unofficial state mammal is the eastern timber wolf.

List of U.S. state mammals
State Land mammal Marine mammal Wildlife mammal/animal Domestic mammal
Alabama
File:Black bear large.jpg
American black bear (2006)[1]
 Racking horse (state horse) (1975)[2]
Alaska
File:Bigbullmoose.jpg
Moose (1998)[3]
File:Bowheads42.jpg
Bowhead whale (1983)[3]
Arizona
File:Squaw-ringtail-28073.jpg
Ring-tailed cat (1986)[4]
Arkansas
File:Quivira-Whitetail-Buck.jpg
White-tailed deer (1993)[5]
California
File:Monarch the bear.jpg
California grizzly bear (1953)[6]
File:Gray whale.jpg
Gray whale (1975)[6]
Colorado
File:Big Horn Sheep.jpg
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (1961)[7]
Connecticut
Delaware
File:Gray Fox - Red Rock Canyon, Nevada.jpg
Grey fox (2010)[8]
Florida
File:Puma concolor coryi cropped.jpg
Florida panther (1982)[9]
File:FL fig04.jpg
Manatee (marine mammal) (1975)[10]
File:Cracker horse 1.jpg
Florida Cracker Horse (state horse) (2008)[11]
File:Tursiops truncatus 01.jpg
"Porpoise or dolphin" (salt water mammal) (1975)[12]
Georgia
File:Eubalaena japonica3.jpg
Right whale (1985)[13]
Hawaii
File:Moenchsrobbe 1.jpg
Hawaiian monk seal (2008)[14]
File:Humpback Whale underwater shot.jpg
Humpback whale (1979)[13]
Idaho
File:Appaloosa46-2.jpg
Appaloosa horse (1975)[15]
Illinois
File:White-tailed deer.jpg
White-tailed deer (state animal) (1982)[16]
Kansas
File:Bison Bull in Nebraska.jpg
American bison (state animal) (1955)[17]
Kentucky
File:Eastern Grey Squirrel in St James's Park, London - Nov 2006 edit.jpg
Gray squirrel (state wild animal game species) (1968)[18]
File:Horse-racing-4.jpg
Thoroughbred (state horse) (1996)[18]
Louisiana
File:52bear.jpg
Black bear (1992)[19]
File:Ch-Catahoula 002.jpg
Catahoula Leopard Dog (state dog) (1979)[20]
Maine
File:Orignal - Moose 2 (face - front view).jpg
Moose[21] (1979)[22]
File:MaineCoonSilverTabby.jpg
Maine Coon cat (state cat)[21] (1985)[23]
Maryland
File:Applebite-Gentlemen.jpg
Thoroughbred (state horse) (2003)[24]
File:MH Chesapeake.jpg
Chesapeake Bay Retriever (state dog) (1964)[25]
File:Calico cat - Phoebe.jpg
Calico cat (state cat) (2001) [26]
Massachusetts
File:Eubalaena glacialis with calf.jpg
Right whale (1980)[27]
File:SilverMorgan.jpg
Morgan horse (state horse) (1970)[27]
File:Jammlich crop.jpg
Tabby cat (state cat) (1988)[27]
File:BostonTerrierBrindleStand w.jpg
Boston Terrier (state dog) (1979)[27]
Michigan
File:Deer Night.jpg
White-tailed deer (1997)[28]
Mississippi
File:Deer running.jpg
White-tailed deer (1974)[29]
Missouri
File:Castrillo de Villavega Festival of La Trilla Plowing 004.jpg
Missouri mule (1995)[30]
File:Quick Trigger Missouri Fox Trotter.jpeg
Missouri Fox Trotting horse (state horse) (2002)[31]
Montana
File:Grizzly Bear Alaska.jpg
Grizzly bear (1983)[32]
Nebraska
File:White-tailed deer at Marymoor Park.jpg
White-tailed deer (1981)[33]
Nevada
File:Desert Bighorn Sheep Joshua Tree cropped.JPG
Desert bighorn sheep (1973)[33]
New Hampshire
File:Fawn-in-grass.jpg
White-tailed deer (1983)[33]
 Bobcat (state cat) (2015)[34]
File:Mountan Laurel Ajax the Chinook dog.jpg
Chinook (state dog) (2009)[35]
New Jersey
File:Quarter Horse Buckskin.JPG
Horse (1977)[36]
New Mexico
File:Schwarzbär-Omega Park.jpg
American black bear (1963)[37]
New York
File:American Beaver.jpg
Beaver (1975)[38]
North Carolina
File:Grey squirrel.jpg
Gray Squirrel (1969)[39]
File:Plotthund Kynnagardens Ziggy Lundamo.JPG
Plott Hound (state dog) (1989)[39]
North Dakota
File:Nokota Horses cropped.jpg
Nokota horse (honorary state equine)[40] (1993)[41]
Ohio
File:Quivira-Whitetail-Buck.jpg
White-tailed deer (1988)[42]
Oklahoma
File:Bison bison d.jpg
Bison (1972)[42]
File:WhitetailBuck.jpg
White-tailed deer (game animal)[43] (1990)[44]
File:Raccoon female.jpg
Raccoon (furbearer) (1989)[43]
Oregon
File:Castor canadensis1.jpg
American Beaver (state animal)(1969)[42]
Pennsylvania
File:White-tailed deer.jpg
White-tailed deer (1959)[45]
File:Great dane.jpg
Great Dane (state dog)(1965)[45]
South Carolina
File:Deer Night.jpg
White-tailed deer (1972) [46]
File:Scarred bottlenose dolphin cromarty firth 2006.jpg
Bottlenose dolphin (2009)[46]
File:Boykin spaniel.jpg
Boykin Spaniel (state dog) (1985)[46]
Marsh Tacky (heritage horse) (2010)[46]
File:Nordkaper.jpg
Right whale (migratory marine mammal) (2009)[46]
File:Momo 260905.jpg
Mule (heritage work animal) (2010)[46]
South Dakota
File:Coyote by Rebecca Richardson.jpg
Coyote (1949)[47]
Tennessee
File:Raccoon (Procyon lotor) 2.jpg
Raccoon (state wild animal)(1972)[48]
File:Tennessee Walking Horse4.jpg
Tennessee Walking Horse (state horse) (2000)[49]
Texas
File:Nine-banded Armadillo (280204298).jpg
Nine-banded Armadillo (small mammal) (1995)[48]
File:BlueLacyPhoto1.jpg
Blue Lacy (state dog) (2005)[50]
File:Texas Longhorn Steer Rocksprings.jpg
Texas Longhorn (large mammal) (1995)[48]
File:Tadarida brasiliensis.jpg
Mexican Free-tailed Bat (flying) (1995)[48]
File:American quarter horse.jpg
American Quarter Horse (state horse) (2009)[50]
Utah
File:Rocky-mountain-elk.jpg
Rocky Mountain elk (1971)[51]
Vermont
File:BayMorgan.jpg
Morgan horse (state animal)[52] (1961)[53]
Virginia Virginia Big-Eared Bat (state bat)[54] (2005)[55]
File:AmericanFoxhound2.jpg
American Foxhound (state dog)[54] (1966)[56]
Washington
File:OlympicMarmotImageFromNPSFlipped.jpg
Olympic marmot (endemic mammal) (2009)[57]
File:Killerwhales jumping.jpg
Orca (2005)[57]
West Virginia
File:Canadian Rockies - the bear at Lake Louise.jpg
Black bear (state animal) (1973)[58]
Wisconsin
File:AmericanBadger.JPG
Badger (1957)[59]
File:Deer running.jpg
White-tailed deer (1957)[60]
File:AyrshireCattle1.JPG
Dairy cow (1971)[60]
File:Chien d'eau americain champion 1.JPG
American Water Spaniel (state dog) (1985)[60]
Wyoming
File:American bison k5680-1.jpg
Bison (1985)[61]

References[change]

  1. ↑ "State Mammal of Alabama". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. 2006-04-20. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. ↑ "Official Alabama Horse". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives and History. 2003-11-17. Archived from the original on 2008-01-10. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Alaska's Kids' Corner: State Symbols". State of Alaska. Retrieved 2012-04-27.
  4. ↑ "Arizona's State Symbols". Capitol Museum. Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. Archived from the original on 2011-09-08. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
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  30. ↑ "State Symbols of Missouri: Missouri's State Animal". Office of the Secretary of State, Missouri. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
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  32. ↑ "Symbols of Montana". Montana Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2009-12-18. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
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  34. ↑ "New Hampshire State Wildcat, Bobcat (Lynx rufus), from NETSTATE.COM". www.netstate.com. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
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  37. ↑ "Kid's Corner: State Symbols". New Mexico Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  38. ↑ "New York State Symbols". New York State Department of State. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 "North Carolina State Symbols". North Carolina Secretary of State's Office. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
  40. ↑ "State Symbols". State of North Dakota. Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
  41. ↑ "North Dakota State Honorary Equine". State Symbols USA. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
  42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 Shearer, Benjamin F. & Barbara S. Shearer. State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002. 239.
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 "Oklahoma State Symbols". Oklahoma Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
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  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 46.3 46.4 46.5 "South Carolina State House Student Connection: Animals & Other Living Things". South Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
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