List of U.S. state mammals

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)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||File:Endangered Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus) (7636814558).jpg West Indian manatee (2009)<ref name="Manatee">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| || ||
Alaska		File:Bowheads42.jpg Bowhead whale (1983)<ref name=AK/>	File:Bigbullmoose.jpg Moose (land mammal) (1998)<ref name=AK>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || ||
Arizona	File:Squaw-ringtail-28073.jpg Ringtail (1986)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || || || ||
Arkansas	File:Quivira-Whitetail-Buck.jpg White-tailed deer (1993)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
California	File:California Grizzly Bear Statue Capitol Museum.jpg California grizzly bear (animal) (1953)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref group=note>The California Grizzly was declared extinct in 1924.</ref>||File:Eschrichtius robustus 01-cropped.jpg Gray whale (1975)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || || ||
Colorado	File:Rocky mountain bighorn sheep.jpg Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (animal) (1961)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| || || ||
Connecticut		File:Sperm whale pod.jpg Sperm whale (animal) (1975)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| || ||
Delaware	File:Gray Fox DSC6870.jpg Gray fox (wildlife animal) (2010)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| || || ||
District of Columbia	File:Flickr - Furryscaly - Smile for the Camera.jpg Big brown bat (2020)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| || || ||
Florida	File:Florida panther(2) (5164633462).jpg Florida panther (animal) (1982)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||File:FL fig04.jpg Manatee (marine mammal) (1975)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || File:Tursiops truncatus 01.jpg Porpoise or dolphin (salt water mammal) (1975)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || ||
Georgia	File:White-tailed Deer-27527-3.jpg White-tailed deer (2015)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || File:Eubalaena japonica3.jpg Right whale (1985)<ref name="Shearer, Benjamin F. 2002">Shearer, Benjamin F. & Barbara S. Shearer. State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002. 230.</ref> || || ||
Hawaii	File:Monachus schauinslandi.jpg Hawaiian monk seal (2008)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || File:Humpback Whale underwater shot.jpg Humpback whale (1979)<ref name="Shearer, Benjamin F. 2002"/>||File:Lasiurus cinereus semotus crop.jpg Hawaiian hoary bat (land mammal) (2015)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || ||
Idaho
Illinois	File:White Tailed Deer.jpg White-tailed deer (1980)<ref name="Manatee" />
Indiana
Iowa	Muskrat (proposed)
Kansas	File:American bison k5680-1.jpg American bison (animal) (1955)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| || || ||
Kentucky	File:Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis).jpg Gray squirrel (wild game animal) (1968)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| || || ||
Louisiana	File:Louisiana black bear.jpg Black bear (1992)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || || || ||
Maine	File:Bigbullmoose.jpg Moose (animal) (1979)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| ||File:MaineCoonSilverTabby.jpg Maine Coon Cat (cat) (1985)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Maryland			File:British shorthair with calico coat (1).jpg Calico Cat (cat) (2001)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| Chesapeake Bay Retriever (dog)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Massachusetts		File:Eubalaena glacialis with calf.jpg Right whale (1980)<ref name=Mass>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||File:Jammlich crop.jpg Tabby Cat (cat) (1988)<ref name="MA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Ms. G (groundhog) (2014)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||File:American Morgan Horse cropped.jpg Morgan Horse (1970)
Michigan			File:Deer Night.jpg White-tailed deer (game mammal) (1997)<ref>Shearer, Benjamin F. & Barbara S. Shearer. State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002. 234.</ref>
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)<ref name="ReferenceA">Shearer, Benjamin F. & Barbara S. Shearer. State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002. 235.</ref> File:Fox - British Wildlife Centre (17429406401).jpg Red fox (1997)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| || File:Perdido Bay Dolphin 2007.jpg Bottlenosed dolphin (1974) (water mammal)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>|| ||
Missouri	File:Juancito.jpg Missouri mule (animal) (1995)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || || || ||
Montana	File:Grizzly Bear Family in Glacier National Park.jpg Grizzly bear (1983)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || || || ||
Nebraska	File:White tailed deer Nebraska.jpg White-tailed deer (1981)<ref name="ReferenceB">Shearer, Benjamin F. & Barbara S. Shearer. State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002. 236.</ref>
Nevada	File:Desert Bighorn Sheep Joshua Tree cropped.JPG Desert bighorn sheep (animal) (1973)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| || || ||
New Hampshire	File:White-tailed Deer (8047858676).jpg White-tailed deer (1983)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| ||File:Bobcat (Lynx rufus) California.jpg Bobcat (wildcat) (2015)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| ||
New Jersey
New Mexico	File:A Florida Black Bear.jpg American black bear (1963)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || || || ||
New York	File:Castor canadensis - Wilhelma Zoo - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC02120.jpg Beaver (1975)<ref name="Manatee" />
North Carolina	File:Sciurus carolinensis2.jpg Eastern gray squirrel (1969)<ref name=sosnc >{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || ||File:Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) (16747337145).jpg Virginia opossum (marsupial) (2013)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| ||
North Dakota
Ohio	File:White-tailed deer, Heath Ohio.JPG White-tailed deer (1988)<ref name="ReferenceC">Shearer, Benjamin F. & Barbara S. Shearer. State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002. 239.</ref>
Oklahoma	File:American bison k5680-1.jpg Buffalo (1972)<ref name=OK>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| ||	Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)	File:Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) 3 (8269173469).jpg White-tailed deer (game animal) (1990)<ref name="OK" />
Oregon	File:Castor canadensis.jpg Beaver (animal) (1969)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| || || ||
Pennsylvania	File:White Tailed Deer (23073007566).jpg White-tailed deer (1959)<ref name="Deer">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| || || ||
Rhode Island		File:Common Seal Phoca vitulina.jpg Harbor seal (2016)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
South Carolina	File:Odocoileus virginianus fawn, Owen Conservation Park, Madison, Wisconsin.jpg White-tailed deer (1972)<ref name="Deer" />	File:Tursiops truncatus 01.jpg Bottlenose dolphin (2009)<ref name=SC>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || File:Nordkaper.jpg Right whale (migratory marine mammal) (2009)<ref name=SC/>|| File:Juancito.jpg Mule (heritage work animal) (2010)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||
South Dakota	File:Coyote (Canis latrans) DSC1747vv.jpg Coyote (animal)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || || || ||
Tennessee	File:Procyon lotor (Common raccoon)2.jpg Raccoon (animal) (1971)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || || || ||
Texas			File:Armadillo1.jpg Nine-banded armadillo (small mammal) (1995)<ref name="autogenerated1">Shearer, Benjamin F. & Barbara S. Shearer. State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002. 242.</ref>	File:Texas Longhorn Steer Rocksprings.jpg Texas Longhorn (large mammal) (1995)<ref name="autogenerated1"/>	File:Tadarida brasiliensis.jpg Mexican free-tailed bat (flying mammal) (1995)<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
Utah	File:Rocky Mountain Bull Elk.jpg Rocky Mountain elk (animal) (1971)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| || || ||
Vermont			File:Randall Cattle in Vermont.jpg Randall Lineback (heritage livestock breed) (2005)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || ||
Virginia			File:Healthy Virginia big-eared bat (4387622721).jpg Virginia big-eared bat (bat) (2005)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| ||
Washington		File:Killerwhales jumping.jpg Orca (2005)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||File:My Friend the Marmot (4241532773) flipped.jpg Olympic marmot (endemic mammal) (2009)<ref>Washington State Legislature site Law establishing. Retrieved December 15, 2019.</ref>
West Virginia	File:A Florida Black Bear.jpg American black bear (animal) (1973)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || || || ||
Wisconsin	File:Taxidea taxus (Point Reyes, 2007) cropped.jpg American badger (animal) (1957)<ref name=WI>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| ||File:White-tailed deer.jpg White-tailed deer (wildlife animal) (1957)<ref name="WI" />|| File:Holstein heifer.jpg Dairy cow (domestic animal) (1971)<ref name="WI" />Template:Refn ||
Wyoming	File:American bison in Yellowstone National Park.jpg American bison (1985)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| || || ||

See also

• Lists of United States state symbols
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  • List of U.S. state dogs
  • List of U.S. state horses