State animal - Definition and Overview

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

State	Land mammal	Marine mammal	Wildlife mammal	Domestic mammal
Alabama	Racking horse
Alaska	Moose
Arizona	Ringtail
California	California golden bear
Colorado	Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep
Connecticut		Sperm whale
Florida	Florida panther
Illinois	White-tailed Deer
Kansas	American buffalo
Kentucky	Gray squirrel
Louisiana	Black bear
Maine	Moose
Massachusetts		Right whale
Michigan	White-tailed Deer
Mississippi	Red Fox
Missouri	Missouri mule
Montana	Grizzly bear
Nevada	Desert bighorn sheep
New Hampshire	White-tailed deer
New Jersey	Horse
New Mexico	Black bear
New York	Beaver
North Carolina	Gray Squirrel Plott Hound(state dog)
Ohio	White-tailed deer
Oregon	Beaver
South Dakota	Coyote
Texas	Armadillo (small) Texas longhorn (large) Mexican free-tailed bat (flying)
Utah	Rocky Mountain elk
Vermont	Morgan horse
West Virginia	Black bear
Wisconsin	Badger		White-tailed deer	Dairy cow
Wyoming	Buffalo

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Example Usage of animal
	springhaze: Overheard: Kady and I on what kind of animal we would be... - Kady: Kevin said I'm an elk, or a reindeer, or... http://tumblr.com/x084ltxch
	loveericka21: I JUST WENT IN THE DISNEY STORE:) AH I WANT A CUTE LITTLE STUFF animal:)
	shopflytrap: #MenShouldNever have sex with farm animals without the animal's verbal consent. And even then he should sell the animal rather than hump it.

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