StateMaster - Mississippi Identification statistics

50 State Quarters > Quarter details > Mintage Figures	25	[25th of 41]
ISO 3166-2:US > Codes > Sorted by Name > States	US-MS
State fossil > Age	Eocene
State fossil > Binomial nomenclature Basilosaurus and Zygorhiza
State fossil > Common name	whales
State Name	Mississippi
Symbols > State animal White-tailed deer and Red Fox (State animals); Bottlenose Dolphin (State water mammal)
Symbols > State bird Mockingbird (State bird); Wood Duck (State waterfowl)
Symbols > State motto Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
U.S. state butterflies > State butterfly	Spicebush Swallowtail
U.S. state dances > State dance	Square Dance
U.S. state insects > Binomial name	Apis mellifera
U.S. state insects > State insect European honey bee
U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones > State Geological Symbols > Rock	Petrified Wood (1976)
U.S. state mottos > Motto	Virtute et armis
U.S. state reptiles > State reptile	American Alligator
U.S. state reptiles > Year adopted	2005
U.S. state soils > State soil Natchez
U.S. state soils > Year adopted	2003
U.S. state trees > State tree	Magnolia (Magnolia)

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