Talk:List of U.S. state mammals

No entry for States that have no State Mammal?
Shouldn't there be a "no State Mammal" or something. It seems weird to have a list of all the States that just misses a few. I know we're missing Minnesota but I think there are three more. ( Indiana) Voiceofreason01 (talk) 17:03, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Minnesota has one. It is the Eastern wolf or "Timberwolf"

The Eastern wolf or timberwolf is NOT the official state mammal or other officially designated symbol of Minnesota. Source. While legislative proposals to make the timber wolf (Canis lupus lycaon) the official state mammal of the state of Minnesota have been introduced, see for e.g. H.F 3508 (2000), those measures were not enacted. Similarly, Indiana does not have an official state mammal either. Source. If anyone wants to add "no State Mammal" to this page (where appropriate) I won't make a fuss about it, but if a state does officially establish a state mammal, then the page will be wrong. --SirMontego (talk) 21:38, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

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I overhauled this page by removing everything that did not include the word "mammal" in its official state designation. More specifically, I removed things that were designated as an official state animal, horse, dog, cat, pet, game animal, furbearer animal, work animal, wild animal, domesticated animal, endemic mammal, and others. Those belong on the list of state animals, horses, dogs, cats, etc pages. I also noticed some official state mammals were listed under the Land mammal column, which is wrong. I also added a "mammal" column since some animals are designated as an "Official State Mammal " (which is the subject of this page). I also kept "State marine mammal" (which is the most common designation after mammal) and then I added three other columns for other mammalian designations which are not common to other states (so there aren't a dozen columns in this page with mostly empty cells). I feel this page is now 100% accurate and uses a space-efficient portrayal of the information. SirMontego (talk) 00:25, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Note about New York
The state of New York does not have an official state mammal. New York Article 6, Section 79 STL states that "The American beaver (Castor canadensis) shall be the official animal of the state of New York." While the beaver is a mammal and the beaver is the official state animal of New York, it is not the "official state mammal" of New York. It therefore does not belong on this page. --SirMontego (talk) 10:14, 11 May 2018 (UTC)