List of U.S. state mammals

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

State mammals

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
StateLand mammalMarine mammalWildlife mammal/animalDomestic mammal
Alabama
American black bear (2006)[1]
Racking horse (state horse) (1975)[2]
Alaska
Moose (1998)[3]
Bowhead whale (1983)[3]
Arizona
Ring-tailed cat (1986)[4]
Arkansas
White-tailed deer (1993)[5]
California
California grizzly bear (1953)[6]
Gray whale (1975)[6]
Colorado
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (1961)[7]
Connecticut
Delaware
Grey fox (2010)[8]
Florida
Florida panther (1982)[9]
Manatee (marine mammal) (1975)[10]
Florida Cracker Horse (state horse) (2008)[11]
"Porpoise or dolphin" (salt water mammal) (1975)[12]
Georgia
Right whale (1985)[13]
Hawaii
Hawaiian monk seal (2008)[14]
Humpback whale (1979)[13]
Idaho
Appaloosa horse (1975)[15]
Illinois
White-tailed deer (state animal) (1982)[16]
Kansas
American bison (state animal) (1955)[17]
Kentucky
Gray squirrel (state wild animal game species) (1968)[18]
Thoroughbred (state horse) (1996)[18]
Louisiana
Black bear (1992)[19]
Catahoula Leopard Dog (state dog) (1979)[20]
Maine
Moose[21] (1979)[22]
Maine Coon cat (state cat)[21] (1985)[23]
Maryland
Thoroughbred (state horse) (2003)[24]
Chesapeake Bay Retriever (state dog) (1964)[25]
Calico cat (state cat) (2001) [26]
Massachusetts
Right whale (1980)[27]
Morgan horse (state horse) (1970)[27]
Tabby cat (state cat) (1988)[27]
Boston Terrier (state dog) (1979)[27]
Michigan
White-tailed deer (1997)[28]
Mississippi
White-tailed deer (1974)[29]
Missouri
Missouri mule (1995)[30]
Missouri Fox Trotting horse (state horse) (2002)[31]
Montana
Grizzly bear (1983)[32]
Nebraska
White-tailed deer (1981)[33]
Nevada
Desert bighorn sheep (1973)[33]
New Hampshire
White-tailed deer (1983)[33]
Bobcat (state cat) (2015)[34]
Chinook (state dog) (2009)[35]
New Jersey
Horse (1977)[36]
New Mexico
American black bear (1963)[37]
New York
Beaver (1975)[38]
North Carolina
Gray Squirrel (1969)[39]
Plott Hound (state dog) (1989)[39]
North Dakota
Nokota horse (honorary state equine)[40] (1993)[41]
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)[45]
South Carolina
White-tailed deer (1972) [46]
Bottlenose dolphin (2009)[46]
Boykin Spaniel (state dog) (1985)[46]
Marsh Tacky (heritage horse) (2010)[46]
Right whale (migratory marine mammal) (2009)[46]
Mule (heritage work animal) (2010)[46]
South Dakota
Coyote (1949)[47]
Tennessee
Raccoon (state wild animal)(1972)[48]
Tennessee Walking Horse (state horse) (2000)[49]
Texas
Nine-banded Armadillo (small mammal) (1995)[48]
Blue Lacy (state dog) (2005)[50]
Texas Longhorn (large mammal) (1995)[48]
Mexican Free-tailed Bat (flying) (1995)[48]
American Quarter Horse (state horse) (2009)[50]
Utah
Rocky Mountain elk (1971)[51]
Vermont
Morgan horse (state animal)[52] (1961)[53]
Virginia Virginia Big-Eared Bat (state bat)[54] (2005)[55]
American Foxhound (state dog)[54] (1966)[56]
Washington
Olympic marmot (endemic mammal) (2009)[57]
Orca (2005)[57]
West Virginia
Black bear (state animal) (1973)[58]
Wisconsin
Badger (1957)[59]
White-tailed deer (1957)[60]
Dairy cow (1971)[60]
American Water Spaniel (state dog) (1985)[60]
Wyoming
Bison (1985)[61]

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  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. 1 2 "Alaska's Kids' Corner: State Symbols". State of Alaska. Retrieved 2012-04-27.
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