List of U.S. state mammals

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

State mammals

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

List of U.S. state mammals
State Land mammal Marine mammal Wildlife mammal/animal Domestic mammal
Alabama Racking horse (state horse) (1975)[2]
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia Right whale (1985)[13]
Hawaii Humpback whale (1979)[13]
Idaho Appaloosa horse (1975)[15]
Illinois
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana Black bear (1992)[19] Catahoula Leopard Dog (state dog) (1979)[20]
Maine Moose[21] (1979)[22]
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan White-tailed deer (1997)[28]
Mississippi White-tailed deer (1974)[29] Bottle-nosed dolphin (1974)[29]
Missouri Missouri mule (1995)[30] Missouri Fox Trotting horse (state horse) (2002)[32]
Montana
Nebraska White-tailed deer (1981)[34]
Nevada Desert bighorn sheep (1973)[34]
New Hampshire White-tailed deer (1983)[34]
New Jersey Horse (1977)[36]
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina Gray Squirrel (1969)[39] Plott Hound (state dog) (1989)[39]
North Dakota
Ohio White-tailed deer (1988)[42]
Oklahoma Bison (1972)[42] White-tailed deer (game animal)[43] (1990)[44]
Raccoon (furbearer) (1989)[43]
Oregon American Beaver (state animal)(1969)[42]
Pennsylvania White-tailed deer (1959)[45] Great Dane (state dog)(1965)[46]
South Carolina White-tailed deer (1972) [47] Bottlenose dolphin (2009)[47] Boykin Spaniel (state dog) (1985)[47]
Marsh Tacky (heritage horse) (2010)[47]
Right whale (migratory marine mammal) (2009)[47] Mule (heritage work animal) (2010)[47]
South Dakota Coyote (1949)[48]
Tennessee Common Raccoon (state wild animal)(1972)[49] Tennessee walking horse (state horse) (2000)[50]
Texas Armadillo (small) (1995)[51] Blue Lacy (state dog) (2005)[52]
Texas Longhorn (large) (1995)[53]
Mexican free-tailed bat (flying) (1995)[54] American Quarter Horse (state horse) (2009)[52]
Utah Rocky Mountain elk (1971)[55]
Vermont Morgan horse (state animal)[56] (1961)[57]
Virginia Virginia Big-Eared Bat (state bat)[58] (2005)[59] American Foxhound (state dog)[58] (1966)[60]
Washington Olympic marmot (endemic mammal) (2009)[61]
West Virginia Black bear (state animal) (1973)[62]
Wisconsin Badger (1957)[63] White-tailed deer (1957)[63]
American Water Spaniel (state dog) (1985)[64]
Wyoming

See also

References

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