State animals (land mammals) Alabama: Racking horse Alaska: Moose Arizona: Ringtail California: California golden bear Colorado: Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep Florida: Florida panther Kansas: American buffalo Kentucky: Gray squirrel Louisiana: Black bear Maine: Moose Michigan: Wolverine 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 Ohio: White-tailed deer Texas: Mexican free-tailed bat Utah: Rocky Mountain elk Vermont: Morgan horse Wisconsin: Badger, White-tailed deer State animals (marine mammals) Connecticut: Sperm whale