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
State Land mammal Marine mammal Wildlife mammal/animal Domestic 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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