What's your state's official aww-nimal?
Along with other symbols like trees, drinks and even rock songs, your home state has chosen a variety of animals to officially represent it. Regardless of whether these state mascots are mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds or insects, their babies are usually pretty cute.
Scroll through and see how adorable your state's representative is.
Alabama 
American black bear : You're never supposed to get in between a bear and her cub, which could be hard when they look like this.
Alaska 
Moose : These behemoths will grow up to be huge, but calves start out small (and slobbery).
Arizona 
Ring-tailed cat : These resplendent ring-tails grow up to be expert climbers. Of course, this cat has already climbed into your heart.
Arkansas 
Mockingbird : About two weeks after first hatching, this comely pair will finally be ready to leave the nest.
California 
Gray whale : These fine fellows are born tail first, but its cute head is the real winner.
Image: Flickr user goingslo Colorado 
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep : These dainty lambs are born on cliffs that are hard to access by predators.
Connecticut 
Sperm whale : These calfs can swim within a half hour of birth, lumpy skin and all.
Image: WikiCommons Delaware 
Grey Fox : These foxy kits will begin to hunt around the age of three months old. They must be terrifying.
Florida 
Florida panther : These pulchritudinous panthers are also sometimes called a
"painters," because Florida.
Georgia 
Right whale : According to legend, these majestic mammals received their name as whalers declared them the "right" whale to hunt. Poor guys.
Image: WikiCommons Hawaii 
Hawaiian monk seal : These precious pups are given swimming lessons by their mothers every day.
Idaho 
Appaloosa horse : Now we know why kids beg for ponies.
Illinois 
Monarch butterfly : Before they get their wings, these classy caterpillars eat a ton of milkweed in anticipation of metamorphosis.
Image: Flickr user lara68 Indiana 
Northern Cardinal : Cardinals breed two to three times each mating season, with the female making multiple nests of these tousled chicks.
Iowa 
American goldfinch : For a period before learning to fly, these chicks are effectively just loud mouths pointed expectantly toward the sky.
Kansas 
American bison : Cute now, thunderous and huge later.
Kentucky 
Gray squirrel : Did you know baby squirrels are called "kittens"?
Louisiana 
Louisiana Catahoula leopard dog : Want one. Now.
Image: Petfinder (sorry this one's already been adopted!)Maine 
Maine coon cat : This one might be small enough to fit in a brown bag, but a different Maine coon named
"Stewie" was the longest cat ever recorded, end to end.
Maryland 
Chesapeake Bay retriever : Back in the day, this puppy might have had something other than a soccer ball in its mouth. The first Chesapeake Bay retrievers hunted waterfowl in the icy bay from which they get their name.
Massachusetts 
Boston terrier : These were the first "purebred" dogs in America.
Michigan 
Painted turtle : The sex of these young nippers is determined by how warm the nest gets, with warmer nests often resulting in more females.
Image: Flickr user alumroot Minnesota 
Loon : Hatchlings leave the nest on the first day of their lives and waddle straight to our hearts.
Mississippi 
Bottlenose dolphin : These cherub-faced calves are born with the help of an "auntie" dolphin, who is initially the only other dolphin the mother allows near the recherché calf.
Missouri 
Missouri fox trotter : Legs for days on this dashing foal.
Image: River Flat Ranch, which actually sells these guys.Montana 
Grizzly bear : Sometimes these cubs are born during the hibernation period, meaning mothers can give birth in their sleep.
Nebraska 
White-tailed deer : Bambi! We hope this fawn has a mother somewhere out there.
Nevada 
Desert bighorn : Most of these captivating lambs are born between February and April.
New Hampshire 
Spotted newt : These slippery little crawlers are called "efts" when they're juveniles.
Image: SUNY Geneseo New Jersey 
Horse : This foal will grow up to have some outrageously awesome 80s hair, just like the guy behind it.
New Mexico 
Roadrunner : Both the female and male parents of these frizzy darlings take terms incubating the nest.
Image: Flickr user larkspurlazuli New York 
Beaver : Must. Cuddle. Now.
North Carolina 
Eastern box turtle : You can do it, little guy!
North Dakota 
Nokota horse : These hot tamales almost went extinct, but a few were
accidentally trapped within the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, where the population was.
Image: Full Moon Rising (which sells Nokota Horses)Ohio 
Ladybug : The
larvae really aren't that cute.
Oklahoma 
Raccoon : Raccoons are typical artful dodgers, but this one looks like it's having some trouble.
Oregon 
Dungeness crab : Pre-juvenile dungeness crabs are called megalopes and are surprisingly adorable.
Image: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Pennsylvania 
Great Dane : These puppies have rapid growth spurts and can become visually larger
overnight.
Rhode Island 
Rhode Island red chicken : You can buy a baby chick for about
$2, or this pair for a cool $4.
Image: Flickr user blurdom South Carolina 
Wood duck : This attempt at flight does not appear to be going very well.
South Dakota 
Coyote : This puppy is not impressed with its mom.
Tennessee 
Bobwhite quail : You can't even with this one.
Image: CackleHatchery , where you can buy chicks.
Texas 
Nine-banded armadillo : These pretty little pups are born as identical quadruplets.
Utah 
Rocky Mountain elk : Apparently calves like to hang out under trucks. Not smart.
Image: Flickr user NDomer73 Vermont 
Morgan horse : All of these toddler calves are descendants of a horse named "
Figure."
Image: Flickr user Adam Franco Virginia 
American foxhound : George Washington used to breed these adorable hounds.
Image: Flickr user photobanter Washington 
Killer whale : Also called Orcas, when these wonderful whales grow up they can eat 500 pounds of food a day.
West Virginia 
Timber rattlesnake : Newborn timbers have a simple button for a rattle, which is inaudible.
Wisconsin 
American badger : Be still, my beating heart.
Image: edublogs Wyoming 
Horned lizard : In the most adorable move of all, if threatened, these horned lizards will squirt blood from their eyes.
Image: Flickr user Dan Arndt Bonus: Washington D.C. 
Wood thrush : When these babyish blossom birds grow up, their call is described by
National Geographic as a
"popopopo" sound.
Image: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Awwww. 
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