List of state mammals of the states of the United States
This is a list of the official state mammals of the United States.
The mammals are considered federal landmarks in the respective states of the United States .
State | Illustration | mammal | Scientific name | year |
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Alabama | American black bear | ( Ursus americanus ) | ||
Alaska | Moose | ( Alces alces americanus ) | ||
Arizona | North American cat frett | ( Bassariscus astutus ) | ||
Colorado | Bighorn sheep | ( Ovis canadensis ) | 1961 | |
Connecticut | sperm whale | ( Physeter macrocephalus ) | 1975 | |
Delaware | Gray fox | ( Urocyon cinereoargenteus cinereoargenteus ) | 2010 | |
Florida | Floridapuma | ( Puma concolor coryi ) | 1982 | |
Georgia | ||||
Hawaii | Hawaiian monk seal | ( Monachus schauinsland ) | ||
Idaho | Bighorn sheep | ( Ovis canadensis ) | ||
Illinois | White-tailed deer | ( Odocoileus virginianus ) | 1982 | |
California | California brown bear | ( Ursus arctos californicus ) | 1953 | |
Kentucky | Gray squirrel | ( Sciurus carolinensis ) | 1968 | |
Kansas | American bison | ( Bison americanus ) | 1955 | |
Louisiana | ||||
Maine | Moose | ( Alces alces americanus ) | 1979 | |
Maryland | ||||
Massachusetts | ||||
Michigan | White-tailed deer | ( Odocoileus virginianus ) | ||
Minnesota | ||||
Missouri | Missouri mule | ( Equus asinus x Equus caballus ) | 1995 | |
Mississippi | White-tailed deer | ( Odocoileus virginianus ) | ||
Montana | grizzly bear | ( Ursus arctos horribilis ) | 1983 | |
Nebraska | ||||
Nevada | Desert bighorn sheep | ( Ovis canadensis nelsoni ) | 1973 | |
New Hampshire | White-tailed deer | ( Odocoileus virginianus ) | 1983 | |
New Mexico | American black bear | ( Ursus americanus ) | 1963 | |
new York | American beaver | ( Castor canadensis ) | 1975 | |
North Carolina | Northern Opossum | ( Didelphis virginianus ) | 2013 | |
North Dakota | Nokota Horse | |||
Ohio | White-tailed deer | ( Odocoileus virginiuanus ) | 1988 | |
Oklahoma | White-tailed deer | ( Odocoileus virginianus ) | 1990 | |
Oregon | Canadian beaver | ( Castor canadiensis ) | ||
Pennsylvania | White-tailed deer | ( Odocoileus virginianus ) | 1959 | |
Rhode Island | ||||
South Dakota | coyote | ( Canis latrans ) | 1949 | |
South carolina | White-tailed deer | ('Odocoileus virginianus') | 1972 | |
South carolina | Mule | 2010 | ||
Tennessee | racoon | ( Procyon lotor ) | 1972 | |
Texas | Nine banded armadillo | ( Dasypus novemcinctus ) | ||
Utah | Moose | ( Alces alces americanus ) | 1971 | |
Vermont | Morgan | 1961 | ||
Virginia | Rafinesque long-eared | ( Corynorhinus rafinesquii ) | ||
Washington | ||||
West Virginia | American black bear | 1973 | ||
Wisconsin | Silver badger | ( Taxidea taxus ) | 1957 | |
Wisconsin | Domestic cattle | ( Bos primigenius taurus ) | 1971 | |
Wisconsin | White-tailed deer | ( Odocoileus virginianus ) | 1957 | |
Wyoming | American bison | ( Bison americanus ) |