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State Water Mammal: Tursiops truncatus Bottlenose dolphin
This Bottlenose dolphin skeleton was found by Vet School students and donated to the school for use in the anatomy lab.
State Fossil: Basilosaurus cetoides Ancient Toothed Whale
Artists rendition of what the Basilosaurs might have looked like. Scientists think that this drawing is not accurate because the teeth would not have been showing as indicated here.
State Fossil: Basilosaurus cetoides Ancient Toothed Whale
Single vertebra of the ancient toothed whale, Basilosaurus, which could grow up to 65 feet long.
State Water Fowl: Aix sponsa Wood Duck
Male Wood Duck
State Water Fowl: Aix sponsa Wood Duck
(Biological Sciences Bird Collection) The wood duck is the state waterfowl of Mississippi.
State Bird: Mimus polyglottus Mockingbird
The Mockingbird is the State Bird of Mississippi.
State Bird: Mimus polyglottus Mockingbird
(Biological Sciences Bird Collection) The mockingbird is the State Bird of Mississippi.
State Stone: Petrified Wood
(DSM #PL709) Mississippi has more petrified wood than any other state east of the Mississippi River.
State Land Mammal #2: Odocoileus virginianus White Tailed Deer
The White Tailed Deer is the second of two State Land Mammals of Mississippi.
State Land Mammal #2: Odocoileus virginianus White Tailed Deer male skull (with antlers) and female skull
Here you can see two skulls, one male and one female, of the White Tailed Deer. Deer are common across North America and Central America.