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The longhorn was adopted as the Texas large state mammal on June 16, 1995.
- What is the official animal of Texas?
- Is the armadillo the Texas state animal?
- What animals is Texas known for?
- What is the Texas state snake?
- What is the Texas state bird?
- What is the Texas state dog?
- What is the Texas state butterfly?
- What is Texas state flying mammal?
- What is Texas state Gem?
- What is the most common animal in Texas?
- What is the state reptile of Texas?
- What is the Texas motto?
What is the official animal of Texas?
The longhorn became the large mammal symbol of Texas in 1995. Other official mammal state symbols include the armadillo (designated in 1927) and the Mexican free-tailed bat (1995).
Is the armadillo the Texas state animal?
The armadillo was adopted as the Texas small state mammal on June 16, 1995. ... Support for the longhorn and armadillo was equally divided so the state decided to create a designation for small state mammal and large state mammal.
What animals is Texas known for?
The major game animals in Texas are white-tailed deer, mule deer, desert bighorn sheep, pronghorn antelope, gray or cat squirrel, red or fox squirrel, collared peccary or javelina, and alligators. Hunters have a chance to win some spectacular hunts for some of these species by entering the Big Time Texas Hunts program.
What is the Texas state snake?
State snake (the coral snake)? We have a state plant—the prickly pear cactus, deserved—and two state shrubs. The Texas purple sage is native, but the other, the crape myrtle, is not.
What is the Texas state bird?
In true Texas fashion, the 1927 legislation declaring the Northern Mockingbird the state's official bird reasoned that the species is “a fighter for the protection of his home, falling, if need be, in its defense, like any true Texan."
What is the Texas state dog?
The Blue Lacy was adopted officially as the Texas state dog on June 18, 2005. The Blue Lacy is the only dog breed that originated in Texas and is named after brothers George, Ewin, Frank and Harry Lacy who settled in Texas in 1858.
What is the Texas state butterfly?
The Monarch Butterfly was adopted as the Texas state insect on June 16, 1995.
What is Texas state flying mammal?
Mexican Free-tailed Bat.
What is Texas state Gem?
Texas State Gem – Blue Topaz, Texas State Stone – Petrified Palmwood. The Texas Blue Topaz was adopted as the Texas state gem and Petrified Palmwood as the Texas state stone on March 26, 1969.
What is the most common animal in Texas?
Deer — The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), found throughout the state in brushy or wooded areas, is the most important Texas game animal. Its numbers in Texas are estimated at more than 3 million.
What is the state reptile of Texas?
The Texas Horned Lizard was adopted as the Texas state reptile on June 18, 1993. The Texas Horned Lizard is also referred to as the horned toad, horny toad and horned frog and with a lineage that can be traced back to the dinosaurs.
What is the Texas motto?
Friendship was adopted as the Texas state motto in February 1930. The motto was most likely chosen because the name of Texas or Tejas was the Spanish pronunciation of the local Indian tribe's word teyshas or thecas meaning friends or allies.
