List of U.S. state mammals

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A state mammal is the official

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)[1]
West Indian manatee (2009)[2]
Alaska
Bowhead whale (1983)[3]
Moose (land mammal) (1998)[3]
Arizona
Ringtail (1986)[4]
Arkansas
White-tailed deer (1993)[5]
California
California grizzly bear (animal) (1953)[6][note 1]
Gray whale (1975)[7]
Colorado
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (animal) (1961)[8]
Connecticut
Sperm whale (animal) (1975)[9]
Delaware
Gray fox (wildlife animal) (2010)[10]
District of Columbia
Big brown bat (2020)[11]
Florida
Florida panther (animal) (1982)[12]
Manatee (marine mammal) (1975)[13]
Porpoise or dolphin (salt water mammal) (1975)[14]
Georgia
White-tailed deer (2015)[15]
Right whale (1985)[16]
Hawaii
Hawaiian monk seal (2008)[17]
Humpback whale (1979)[16]
Hawaiian hoary bat (land mammal) (2015)[18]
Idaho
Illinois
White-tailed deer (1980)[2]
Indiana
Iowa Muskrat (proposed)
Kansas
American bison (animal) (1955)[19]
Kentucky
Gray squirrel (wild game animal) (1968)[20]
Louisiana
Black bear (1992)[21]
Maine
Moose (animal) (1979)[22]

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

Maryland
Calico Cat (cat)(2001)[24]		 Chesapeake Bay Retriever (dog)[25]
Massachusetts
Right whale (1980)[26]

Tabby Cat (cat)(1988)[27]

Ms. G (groundhog) (2014)[28]
Morgan Horse (1970)
Michigan
White-tailed deer (game mammal) (1997)[29]
Minnesota
White-tailed deer (proposed)


Black bear (proposed)

Eastern wolf (proposed)

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel (proposed)

Mississippi
White-tailed deer (1974)[30]
Red fox (1997)[31]
Bottlenosed dolphin (1974) (water mammal)[30]
Missouri
Missouri mule (animal) (1995)[32]
Montana
Grizzly bear (1983)[33]
Nebraska
White-tailed deer (1981)[34]
Nevada
Desert bighorn sheep (animal) (1973)[35]
New Hampshire
White-tailed deer (1983)[36]
Bobcat (wildcat) (2015)[37]
New Jersey
New Mexico
American black bear (1963)[38]
New York
Beaver (1975)[2]
North Carolina
Eastern gray squirrel (1969)[39]
Virginia opossum (marsupial) (2013)[40]
North Dakota
Ohio
White-tailed deer (1988)[41]
Oklahoma
Buffalo (1972)[42]
Mexican free-tailed bat (flying mammal) (2006)[43]
Raccoon (furbearer) (1989)[42]
White-tailed deer (game animal) (1990)[42]
Oregon
Beaver (animal) (1969)[44]
Pennsylvania
White-tailed deer (1959)[45]
Rhode Island
Harbor seal (2016)[46]
South Carolina
White-tailed deer (1972)[45]
Bottlenose dolphin (2009)[47]
Right whale (migratory marine mammal) (2009)[47]
Mule (heritage work animal) (2010)[48]
South Dakota
Coyote (animal)[49]
Tennessee
Raccoon (animal) (1971)[50]
Texas
Nine-banded armadillo (small mammal) (1995)[51]
Texas Longhorn (large mammal) (1995)[51]
Mexican free-tailed bat (flying mammal) (1995)[51]
Utah
Rocky Mountain elk (animal) (1971)[52]
Vermont
Randall Lineback (heritage livestock breed) (2005)[53]
Virginia
Virginia big-eared bat (bat) (2005)[54]
Washington
Orca (2005)[55]

Olympic marmot (endemic mammal) (2009)[56]

West Virginia
American black bear (animal) (1973)[57]
Wisconsin
American badger (animal) (1957)[58]
White-tailed deer (wildlife animal) (1957)[58]
Dairy cow (domestic animal) (1971)[58][note 2]
Wyoming
American bison (1985)[59]

See also

References

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  53. ^ "Vermont Laws". Vermont General Assembly. State of Vermont. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
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  1. ^ The California Grizzly was declared extinct in 1924.
  2. Holstein-Friesian breed was the state dairy cow from 1972 to 1973. A different purebred breed is designated the "Cow of the Year" every June 1st, with the seven breeds taking turns.[58]

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