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Alligator head preserved with skin.

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.

The White Tailed Deer is the second of two State Land Mammals of Mississippi.

(Wildlife and Fisheries Comparative Collection) This skull and jaw of the red fox is missing many of its teeth.

The Red Fox is one of two State Land Mammals of Mississippi.

The Honey Bee is the state insect of Mississippi.

(Mississippi Entomological Museum ) Pinned specimen of the State Insect Apis mellifera the Honey Bee

(Mississippi Entomological Museum ) Pinned specimen of the State Insect Apis mellifera the Honey Bee

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.

Single vertebra of the ancient toothed whale, Basilosaurus, which could grow up to 65 feet long.