List of U.S. state mammals

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A state mammal is the official or representative animal of a U.S. state. States also have separate state birds, and sometimes state fish or state butterflies. States similarly have state flowers, state trees and state songs.

Years in parentheses denote the year of adoption by the state's legislature

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
Arkansas	White-tailed deer
California	Grizzly bear	Gray Whale
Colorado	Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep
Connecticut		Sperm whale (state animal)
Florida	Florida panther(1982)[4]	Manatee (marine mammal) (1975)[5]
		"Porpoise or dolphin" (salt water mammal) (1975)[6]
Georgia		Right whale
Hawaii		Humpback whale
Idaho				Appaloosa horse
Illinois	White-tailed deer (state animal) (1982)[7]
Kansas	American bison (state animal) (1955)[8]
Kentucky			Gray squirrel (state wild animal game species) (1968)[9]	Thoroughbred horse (state horse) (1996)[9]
Louisiana	Black bear			Catahoula Leopard Dog (state dog)
Maine	Moose			Maine Coon cat (state cat)
Maryland				Thoroughbred horse (state horse) (2003)[10]
				Chesapeake Bay Retriever (state dog) (1964)[11]
				Calico cat (state cat) (2001) [12]
Massachusetts		Right whale (1980)[13]		Morgan horse (state horse) (1970)[13]
				Tabby cat (state cat) (1988)[13]
				Boston Terrier (state dog) (1979)[13]
Michigan	White-tailed deer		Wolverine
Mississippi	White-tailed deer	Bottle-nosed dolphin
Minnesota	Eastern Timber Wolf
Missouri	Missouri mule			Missouri Fox Trotting horse (state horse)
Montana	Grizzly bear
Nebraska	White-tailed deer
Nevada	Desert bighorn sheep
New Hampshire	White-tailed deer			Chinook (state dog)
New Jersey	Horse
New Mexico	Black bear		Jaguar
New York	Beaver
North Carolina	Eastern Gray Squirrel			Plott Hound (state dog)
North Dakota	Nokota horse
Ohio	White-tailed deer
Oklahoma	Bison
	White-tailed deer (game animal)
Oregon	American Beaver (state animal)
Pennsylvania	White-tailed deer			Great Dane (state dog)
Puerto Rico		West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus)
South Carolina	White-tailed deer (1972) [14]			Boykin Spaniel (state dog) (1985)[14]
South Dakota	Coyote
Tennessee	Common Raccoon (state wild animal)			Tennessee walking horse (state horse)
Texas	Armadillo (small)			Blue Lacy (state dog)
	Texas Longhorn (large)
	Mexican free-tailed bat (flying)
Utah	Rocky Mountain elk Cervus canadensis nelsoni (1971)[15]
Vermont	Morgan horse
Virginia			Virginia Big-Eared Bat (state bat)	American Foxhound
Washington	Olympic Marmot	Orca[16]
West Virginia	Black bear		Virginia Opossum
Wisconsin	Badger		White-tailed deer	Dairy cow (state domesticated animal)
				American Water Spaniel (state dog)
Wyoming	Buffalo

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