What is the state animal of Texas?

On June 16th 1995, the nine-banded armadillo was officially declared as the state animal of Texas. It was named as the Small State Mammal, and the Large State Mammal was the longhorn. The House Current Resolution, naming both these animals as the state mammals, was signed by the then governor George W Bush. read more

The small state animal of Texas is the nine-banded armadillo. Its scientific species name is Dasypus novemcinctus and it originally came from Mexico. The flying mammal state animal of Texas is the Mexican freetail bat or Tadarida brasiliensis, a medium-sized species of bat. read more