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 American black bear (2006) West Indian manatee (2009) Alaska Bowhead whale (1983) Moose (land mammal) (1998) Arizona Ringtail (1986) Arkansas White-tailed deer (1993) CaliforniaCalifornia grizzly bear (animal) (1953)The California Grizzly was declared extinct in 1924.Gray whale (1975) ColoradoRocky Mountain bighorn sheep (animal) (1961) Connecticut Sperm whale (animal) (1975) DelawareGray fox (wildlife animal) (2010) District of ColumbiaBig brown bat (2020) FloridaFlorida panther (animal) (1982)Manatee (marine mammal) (1975) Porpoise or dolphin (salt water mammal) (1975) GeorgiaWhite-tailed deer (2015) Right whale (1985)Shearer, Benjamin F. & Barbara S. Shearer. State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002. 230. Hawaii Hawaiian monk seal (2008) Humpback whale (1979)Hawaiian hoary bat (land mammal) (2015) Idaho IllinoisWhite-tailed deer (1980) Indiana Iowa Muskrat (proposed) KansasAmerican bison (animal) (1955) KentuckyGray squirrel (wild game animal) (1968) Louisiana Black bear (1992) MaineMoose (animal) (1979) Maine Coon Cat (cat) (1985) Maryland Calico Cat (cat) (2001) Chesapeake Bay Retriever (dog) Massachusetts Right whale (1980) Tabby Cat (cat) (1988) Ms. G (groundhog) (2014) Morgan Horse (1970) Michigan White-tailed deer (game mammal) (1997)Shearer, Benjamin F. & Barbara S. Shearer. State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002. 234. Minnesota White-tailed deer (proposed) Black bear (proposed)
Eastern wolf (proposed)
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel (proposed) Mississippi White-tailed deer (1974)Shearer, Benjamin F. & Barbara S. Shearer. State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002. 235. Red fox (1997) Bottlenosed dolphin (1974) (water mammal) Missouri Missouri mule (animal) (1995) Montana Grizzly bear (1983) Nebraska White-tailed deer (1981)Shearer, Benjamin F. & Barbara S. Shearer. State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002. 236. NevadaDesert bighorn sheep (animal) (1973) New HampshireWhite-tailed deer (1983) Bobcat (wildcat) (2015) New Jersey New Mexico American black bear (1963) New YorkBeaver (1975) North Carolina Eastern gray squirrel (1969) Virginia opossum (marsupial) (2013) North Dakota Ohio White-tailed deer (1988)Shearer, Benjamin F. & Barbara S. Shearer. State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002. 239. OklahomaBuffalo (1972) Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)White-tailed deer (game animal) (1990) OregonBeaver (animal) (1969) PennsylvaniaWhite-tailed deer (1959) Rhode Island Harbor seal (2016) South CarolinaWhite-tailed deer (1972)Bottlenose dolphin (2009) Right whale (migratory marine mammal) (2009) Mule (heritage work animal) (2010) South DakotaCoyote (animal) Tennessee Raccoon (animal) (1971) Texas Armadillo (small mammal) (1995)Texas Longhorn (large mammal) (1995)Shearer, Benjamin F. & Barbara S. Shearer. State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002. 242.Mexican free-tailed bat (flying mammal) (1995) UtahRocky Mountain elk (animal) (1971) Vermont Randall Lineback (heritage livestock breed) (2005) Virginia Virginia big-eared bat (bat) (2005) Washington Orca (2005) Olympic marmot (endemic mammal) (2009)Washington State Legislature site Law establishing. Retrieved December 15, 2019. West Virginia American black bear (animal) (1973) WisconsinAmerican badger (animal) (1957) White-tailed deer (wildlife animal) (1957) Dairy cow (domestic animal) (1971) WyomingAmerican bison (1985)
See also Lists of United States state symbols
List of U.S. state dogs List of U.S. state horses
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