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.State | Mammal | Marine mammal | Other mammal 1 | Other mammal 2 | Other 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 |