List of U.S. state mammals

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A state mammal is the official or representative animal of a U.S. state. States also have separate state birds, and sometimes state fish or state butterflies. States similarly have state flowers, state trees and state songs.

Years in parenthesis denote the year of adoption by the state's legislature

State	Land mammal	Marine mammal	Wildlife mammal/animal	Domestic mammal
Alabama			American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) State mammal (2006)[1]	Racking horse (Equus caballus) State horse (1975)[2]
Alaska	Moose	Bowhead whale
Arizona	Ring-tailed Cat
Arkansas	White-tailed deer
California	Grizzly bear	Gray Whale
Colorado	Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep
Connecticut		Sperm whale (state animal)
Florida	Florida panther	Manatee
		Bottle-nosed dolphin
Georgia		Right whale
Hawaii		Humpback whale
Idaho				Appaloosa horse
Illinois	White-tailed deer
Kansas	American bison			Cairn Terrier (state dog, not yet official)
Kentucky			Gray squirrel[3]	Thoroughbred horse (state horse)[3]
Louisiana	Black bear			Catahoula Leopard Dog (state dog)
Maine	Moose			Maine Coon cat
Maryland				Thoroughbred horse
				Chesapeake Bay Retriever (state dog)
				Calico cat (state cat)
Massachusetts		Right whale		Morgan horse
				Tabby cat (state cat) [4]
				Boston Terrier (state dog) [5]
Michigan	White-tailed deer		Wolverine
Mississippi	Red fox	Bottle-nosed dolphin
	White-tailed deer
Minnesota	Eastern Timber Wolf
Missouri	Mule			Missouri Fox Trotting horse
Montana	Grizzly bear
Nebraska	White-tailed deer
Nevada	Desert bighorn sheep
New Hampshire	White-tailed deer
New Jersey	Horse
New Mexico	Black bear
New York	Beaver
North Carolina	Eastern Gray Squirrel			Plott Hound (state dog)
North Dakota	Nokota horse
Ohio	White-tailed deer
Oklahoma	Bison
	White-tailed deer (game animal)
Oregon	American Beaver
Pennsylvania	White-tailed deer			Great Dane (state dog)
Puerto Rico		West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus)
South Carolina	White-tailed deer (1972) [6]			Boykin Spaniel (state dog) (1985)[6]
South Dakota	Coyote
Tennessee	Common Raccoon			Tennessee walking horse
Texas	Armadillo (small)			Blue Lacy (state dog)
	Texas Longhorn (large)
	Mexican free-tailed bat (flying)
Utah	Rocky Mountain elk Cervus canadensis nelsoni (1971)[7]
Vermont	White-tailed deer			Dairy cow
				Morgan horse
Virginia			Virginia Big-Eared Bat	American Foxhound
Washington		Orca (Killer Whale)[8]
West Virginia	Black bear
Wisconsin	Badger		White-tailed deer	Dairy cow
				American Water Spaniel (state dog)
Wyoming	Buffalo