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.
StateMammalMarine mammalOther mammal 1Other mammal 2Other mammal 3
Alabama
American black bear

West Indian manatee
Alaska
Bowhead whale

Moose
Arizona
Ring-tailed cat
Arkansas
White-tailed deer
California
California grizzly bear

Gray whale
Colorado
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep
Connecticut
Sperm whale
Delaware
Gray fox
Florida
Florida panther

Manatee

Porpoise or dolphin
Georgia
White-tailed deer

Right whale
Hawaii
Hawaiian monk seal

Humpback whale

Hawaiian hoary bat
Idaho
Illinois
White-tailed deer
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
American bison
Kentucky
Gray squirrel
Louisiana
Black bear
Maine
Moose

Maine Coon Cat
Maryland
Calico Cat
Massachusetts
Right whale

Tabby Cat
Ms. G
Michigan
White-tailed deer
Minnesota
Mississippi
White-tailed deer
Red fox

Bottlenosed dolphin
Missouri
Missouri mule
Montana
Grizzly bear
Nebraska
White-tailed deer
Nevada
Desert bighorn sheep
New Hampshire
White-tailed deer

Bobcat
New Jersey
New Mexico
American black bear
New York
Beaver
North Carolina
Gray Squirrel

Virginia opossum
North Dakota
Ohio
White-tailed deer
Oklahoma
Buffalo

Mexican free-tailed bat

Raccoon

White-tailed deer
Oregon
Beaver
Pennsylvania
White-tailed deer
Rhode Island
Harbor seal
South Carolina
White-tailed deer

Bottlenose dolphin

Right whale

Mule
South Dakota
Coyote
Tennessee
Raccoon
Texas
Nine-banded armadillo

Texas Longhorn

Mexican Free-tailed Bat
Utah
Rocky Mountain elk
Vermont
Randall Lineback
Virginia
Virginia big-eared bat
Washington
Orca

Olympic marmot
West Virginia
American black bear
Wisconsin
American badger

White-tailed deer

Dairy cow
Wyoming
American bison