List of U.S. state mammals

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
StateMammalMarine mammalOther mammal 1Other mammal 2Other mammal 3
Alabama
American black bear (2006)[1]
West Indian manatee (2009)[2]
Alaska
Bowhead whale (1983)[3]
Moose (land mammal) (1998)[3]
Arizona
Ring-tailed cat (1986)[4]
Arkansas
White-tailed deer (1993)[5]
California
California grizzly bear (1953) [note 1]
Gray whale (1975)[6]
Colorado
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (animal) (1961)[7]
Connecticut
Sperm whale (animal) (1975)[8]
Delaware
Gray fox (2010)
Florida
Florida panther (1982)
Manatee (marine mammal) (1975)[9]
Porpoise or dolphin (salt water mammal) (1975)[10]
Georgia
White-tailed deer (2015)[11]
Right whale (1985)[12]
Hawaii
Hawaiian monk seal (2008)[13]
Humpback whale (1979)[12]
Hawaiian hoary bat (land mammal) (2015)[14]
Idaho
Illinois
White-tailed deer (1980)[15]
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
American bison (1955)
Kentucky
Gray squirrel (1968)
Louisiana
Black bear (1992)[16]
Maine
Moose (1979)

Maine Coon Cat (cat)(1985)[17]
Maryland Calico Cat (cat)(2001)[18]
Massachusetts
Right whale (1980)[19]

Tabby Cat (cat)(1988)[20]
Michigan
White-tailed deer (game mammal) (1997)[21]
Minnesota
Mississippi
White-tailed deer (1974)[22]
Red fox (1997)[23]
Bottlenosed dolphin (1974) (water mammal)[22]
Missouri
Montana
Grizzly Bear [24]
Nebraska
White-tailed deer (1981)[25]
Nevada
Desert bighorn sheep (1973)
New Hampshire
White-tailed deer (1983)[26]
Bobcat (wildcat) (2015)[27]
New Jersey
New Mexico
American black bear (1963)[28]
New York
Beaver (1975)[29]
North Carolina
Gray Squirrel (1969)[30]
Virginia opossum (marsupial) (2013)[31]
North Dakota
Ohio
White-tailed deer (1988)[32]
Oklahoma
Buffalo (1972)
Mexican Free-tailed Bat (flying mammal) (2006)[33]
Raccoon (furbearer) (1989)
White-tailed deer (game animal) (1990)
Oregon
Beaver (1969)
Pennsylvania
White-tailed deer (1959)[34]
Rhode Island
Harbor seal (2016)[35]
South Carolina
White-tailed deer (1972)[36]
Bottlenose dolphin (2009)[37]
Right whale (migratory marine mammal) (2009)[37]
South Dakota
Coyote (1949)
Tennessee
Texas
Nine-banded armadillo (small mammal) (1995)[38]
Texas Longhorn (large mammal) (1995)[38]
Mexican Free-tailed Bat (flying mammal) (1995)[38]
Utah
Rocky Mountain elk (1971)
Vermont
Virginia
Virginia big-eared bat (bat) (2005)[39]
Washington
Orca (2005)[40]

Olympic Marmot (endemic mammal)[41]
West Virginia
Wisconsin
American badger (1957)
White-tailed deer (wildlife animal) (1957)
Wyoming
American bison (1985)

See also

References
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  40. "State Symbols". Washington State Legislature. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
  41. Washington State Legislature site Law establishing. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  1. The California Grizzly was declared extinct in 1924.
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