The document discusses the various state symbols of Texas, including animals, birds, insects, and fish. It provides details on each official state symbol, such as what year it was adopted and interesting facts about its characteristics and habitat. The state animals include the nine-banded armadillo and Mexican free-tailed bat as the small and flying mammals. The state bird is the mockingbird, reptile is the Texas horned lizard, insect is the monarch butterfly, and fish is the Guadalupe bass.

1. Texas State AnimalsBy: Heather Galindo

2. What is Texas’s State Animal?ZebraNine-banded ArmadilloGiraffeRhinoceros

3. Nine-banded ArmadilloAdopted in 1995-Official small animal of Texas

4. Only edentate (toothless) in North America

5. The flexible bands around the middle of it’s body allow it to twist and turn.

6. Feeds chiefly on insects, crayfish, frogs, bird eggs, and berries.

7. Can build up to 12 burrows on it’s range.

8. Are helpful by providing homes for skunks, cotton rats, burrowing owls, and rattlesnakes, which can be found living in abandoned armadillo burrows. Which are the Texas’s State Mammals?(Hint: There are 2)Mexican Freetail BatBearLonghornTiger

9. Mexican Freetail BatAdopted in 1995-Official flying mammal of TexasThey are 3.5 in in length and 0.43 oz. in weight.Has a tail extending well beyond the edge of the tail membrane.A population of over 100 millionCan travel up to 150 miles away to feed on moths and other insects.A colony under the Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin, TX is the largest in North America with an estimated 1,500,000 bats.

10. LonghornIs the Texas state large mammalA breed of cattle that is known for it’s characteristics horns. It is known for it’s lean beef.It is the name used for sports teams at the University of Texas at Austin. With elite genetics, the Longhorns can often fetch 40,000 or more at an auction where 170,000 was the record for one of them. Have a strong survival instinct and can find food and shelter during the times of rough weather.

11. What is Texas’s State Dog? Great DaneChihuahuaBlue LacyGerman ShepherdPitbull

12. Blue LacyAdopted officially on June 18, 2005 where Governor Rick Perry signed the legislation make it “the official State Dog Bread of Texas.”The Lacy dog was named after the Lacy brothers frank, George, Ewin, and Harry Lacy who moved from Kentucky to Texas.According to the Lacy brothers, the Blue Lacy is a mixture of English Shepherd, greyhound, and wolf. The Blue Lacy is between 18-25 in in height and 30-35 lbs. in weight. Is a bread of working dog who are strong and fast and are developed to be both hunting and herding dogs.

13. What is Texas’s State Bird?CrowDoveCardinalMockingbird

14. MockingbirdOfficially adopted in 1927They are a group of New World passerine birds that belong to the mimidae family. Best known for mimicking the songs of other birds and the sounds of insects and amphibians. They can be found in towns, suburbs, backyards, parks, forest edges, and open land at low elevations.The consistently harass birds who intrude in their territories.Plantings of multiflora rose and other berry-bearing shrubs is what makes these birds survive in the winter.

15. What is Texas’s State Reptile?Horned LizardTortoiseRattlesnakeAlligator

16. Texas-Horned LizardOther nicknames for the horned lizard are the horned toad, horny toad, or horned frog but it is neither a frog or toad. The lizard’s horns are extensions of it’s cranium and contain real bone.If threatened by a predator, the lizard will puff up it’s horns which would make it hard for predators to swallow. Squirts a stream of blood from the corner of it’s eyes as far as 5 feet. The blood that is shot out, is mixed with a chemical that is foul tasting to canine predators.Is a protected species meaning it’s illegal to take, own, or sell without a special permit.

17. What is Texas’s State Insect?LadybugGrasshopperDragonflyMonarch ButterflyBumblebee