List of U.S. state mammals

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English A state mammal is the official mammal of a U.S. state as designated by a state's legislature. The first column of the table is for those denoted as the state mammal, and the second shows the state marine mammals. Animals with more specific designations are also listed. Many states also have separately officially designated state birds, state fish, state butterflies, state reptiles, and other animals. Listed separately are state dogs and state horses.

State mammals

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

List of U.S. state mammals and related mammalian designations
State Mammal Marine mammal Other mammal 1 Other mammal 2 Other mammal 3
Alabama File:A Florida Black Bear.jpg
American black bear (2006)[1]
File:Endangered Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus) (7636814558).jpg
West Indian manatee (2009)[2]
Alaska File:Bowheads42.jpg
Bowhead whale (1983)[3]
File:Bigbullmoose.jpg
Moose (land mammal) (1998)[3]
Arizona File:Squaw-ringtail-28073.jpg
Ringtail (1986)[4]
Arkansas File:Quivira-Whitetail-Buck.jpg
White-tailed deer (1993)[5]
California File:California Grizzly Bear Statue Capitol Museum.jpg
California grizzly bear (animal) (1953)[6][note 1]
File:Eschrichtius robustus 01-cropped.jpg
Gray whale (1975)[7]
Colorado File:Rocky mountain bighorn sheep.jpg
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (animal) (1961)[8]
Connecticut File:Sperm whale pod.jpg
Sperm whale (animal) (1975)[9]
Delaware File:Gray Fox DSC6870.jpg
Gray fox (wildlife animal) (2010)[10]
District of Columbia File:Flickr - Furryscaly - Smile for the Camera.jpg
Big brown bat (2020)[11]
Florida File:Florida panther(2) (5164633462).jpg
Florida panther (animal) (1982)[12]
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Manatee (marine mammal) (1975)[13]
File:Tursiops truncatus 01.jpg
Porpoise or dolphin (salt water mammal) (1975)[14]
Georgia File:White-tailed Deer-27527-3.jpg
White-tailed deer (2015)[15]
File:Eubalaena japonica3.jpg
Right whale (1985)[16]
Hawaii File:Monachus schauinslandi.jpg
Hawaiian monk seal (2008)[17]
File:Humpback Whale underwater shot.jpg
Humpback whale (1979)[16]
File:Lasiurus cinereus semotus crop.jpg
Hawaiian hoary bat (land mammal) (2015)[18]
Idaho
Illinois File:White Tailed Deer.jpg
White-tailed deer (1980)[2]
Indiana
Iowa Muskrat (proposed)
Kansas File:American bison k5680-1.jpg
American bison (animal) (1955)[19]
Kentucky File:Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis).jpg
Gray squirrel (wild game animal) (1968)[20]
Louisiana File:Louisiana black bear.jpg
Black bear (1992)[21]
Maine File:Bigbullmoose.jpg
Moose (animal) (1979)[22]
File:MaineCoonSilverTabby.jpg

Maine Coon Cat (cat) (1985)[23]

Maryland File:British shorthair with calico coat (1).jpg
Calico Cat (cat) (2001)[24]
Chesapeake Bay Retriever (dog)[25]
Massachusetts File:Eubalaena glacialis with calf.jpg
Right whale (1980)[26]
File:Jammlich crop.jpg

Tabby Cat (cat) (1988)[27]

Ms. G (groundhog) (2014)[28] File:American Morgan Horse cropped.jpg
Morgan Horse (1970)
Michigan File:Deer Night.jpg
White-tailed deer (game mammal) (1997)[29]
Minnesota File:White-tailed deer, Heath Ohio.JPG
White-tailed deer (proposed)

File:Louisiana black bear.jpg
Black bear (proposed)

Eastern wolf (proposed)

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel (proposed)

Mississippi File:Deer running.jpg
White-tailed deer (1974)[30] File:Fox - British Wildlife Centre (17429406401).jpg
Red fox (1997)[31]
File:Perdido Bay Dolphin 2007.jpg
Bottlenosed dolphin (1974) (water mammal)[30]
Missouri File:Juancito.jpg
Missouri mule (animal) (1995)[32]
Montana File:Grizzly Bear Family in Glacier National Park.jpg
Grizzly bear (1983)[33]
Nebraska File:White tailed deer Nebraska.jpg
White-tailed deer (1981)[34]
Nevada File:Desert Bighorn Sheep Joshua Tree cropped.JPG
Desert bighorn sheep (animal) (1973)[35]
New Hampshire File:White-tailed Deer (8047858676).jpg
White-tailed deer (1983)[36]
File:Bobcat (Lynx rufus) California.jpg
Bobcat (wildcat) (2015)[37]
New Jersey
New Mexico File:A Florida Black Bear.jpg
American black bear (1963)[38]
New York File:Castor canadensis - Wilhelma Zoo - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC02120.jpg
Beaver (1975)[2]
North Carolina File:Sciurus carolinensis2.jpg
Eastern gray squirrel (1969)[39]
File:Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) (16747337145).jpg
Virginia opossum (marsupial) (2013)[40]
North Dakota
Ohio File:White-tailed deer, Heath Ohio.JPG
White-tailed deer (1988)[41]
Oklahoma File:American bison k5680-1.jpg
Buffalo (1972)[42]
Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) File:Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) 3 (8269173469).jpg
White-tailed deer (game animal) (1990)[42]
Oregon File:Castor canadensis.jpg
Beaver (animal) (1969)[43]
Pennsylvania File:White Tailed Deer (23073007566).jpg
White-tailed deer (1959)[44]
Rhode Island File:Common Seal Phoca vitulina.jpg
Harbor seal (2016)[45]
South Carolina File:Odocoileus virginianus fawn, Owen Conservation Park, Madison, Wisconsin.jpg
White-tailed deer (1972)[44]
File:Tursiops truncatus 01.jpg
Bottlenose dolphin (2009)[46]
File:Nordkaper.jpg
Right whale (migratory marine mammal) (2009)[46]
File:Juancito.jpg
Mule (heritage work animal) (2010)[47]
South Dakota File:Coyote (Canis latrans) DSC1747vv.jpg
Coyote (animal)[48]
Tennessee File:Procyon lotor (Common raccoon)2.jpg
Raccoon (animal) (1971)[49]
Texas File:Armadillo1.jpg
Nine-banded armadillo (small mammal) (1995)[50]
File:Texas Longhorn Steer Rocksprings.jpg
Texas Longhorn (large mammal) (1995)[50]
File:Tadarida brasiliensis.jpg
Mexican free-tailed bat (flying mammal) (1995)[50]
Utah File:Rocky Mountain Bull Elk.jpg
Rocky Mountain elk (animal) (1971)[51]
Vermont File:Randall Cattle in Vermont.jpg
Randall Lineback (heritage livestock breed) (2005)[52]
Virginia File:Healthy Virginia big-eared bat (4387622721).jpg
Virginia big-eared bat (bat) (2005)[53]
Washington File:Killerwhales jumping.jpg
Orca (2005)[54]
File:My Friend the Marmot (4241532773) flipped.jpg

Olympic marmot (endemic mammal) (2009)[55]

West Virginia File:A Florida Black Bear.jpg
American black bear (animal) (1973)[56]
Wisconsin File:Taxidea taxus (Point Reyes, 2007) cropped.jpg
American badger (animal) (1957)[57]
File:White-tailed deer.jpg
White-tailed deer (wildlife animal) (1957)[57]
File:Holstein heifer.jpg
Dairy cow (domestic animal) (1971)[57]Template:Refn
Wyoming File:American bison in Yellowstone National Park.jpg
American bison (1985)[58]

See also

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