Tennessee State Animals

Tennessee State Agricultural Insect

This informative page on the honey bee can teach you about bee hierarchy, honeycomb, and how the infamous killer bees were formed.
Source: Great Plains Nature Center

Tennessee State Amphibian

This article is a very good resource on the rare Tennessee cave salamander. The language in the article is a little tricky though so you might want to keep a dictionary in hand.
Source: Outdoor Alabama

Tennessee State Bird
The beautiful full-color nature guide can teach you all about the mockingbird’s habitat, range, diet, life cycle, and more. You can make the photos large just by double-clicking.
Source: New Hampshire Public Television.

Tennessee State Bird (Coloring Page)

This beautifully detailed coloring page depicts the mockingbird nestled among iris, Tennessee’s state flower. Color it in for a beautiful addition to any report, or trace it as a reference for your own drawing.
Source: New Hampshire Public Television.

Tennessee State Butterfly

The zebra swallowtail is Tennessee’s official state butterfly. You can see pictures, learn about its life cycle, and find out which counties in Tennessee play host to this beautiful insect.
Source: Montana Big Sky Institute and NBII

Tennessee State Fish (Commercial and Sport)

Tennessee has two official state fish, the commerical cat fish is the state’s commerical fish, and the large mouth bass is the state’s sport fish. This page has information on both. You can learn about the fish, and find the record for the largest of each fish caught within Tennessee.
Source: Wildlife Forever

Tennessee State Game Bird

The state game bird is the bob white quail. Find out when it was adopted as a state symbols and learn about it here.
Source: New Zealand Birds

Tennessee State Horse

The Tennessee walking horse is a unique Tennessee breed. You can learn all about the horse breed’s history, it’s breed characteristics, and much much more on the Tennessee Walking Horse Home Page
Source: Kentucky Horse Park

Tennessee State Insect (Firefly)

The Tennessee state insect is the firefly. Check out this beauitful article about Tennessee fireflies, and how they’ve recently started to blink in unison.
Source: The Chattooga Quarterly

Tennessee State Insect (Ladybeetle) – Easy Reading

Tennessee’s other state insect is the lady beetle. Check out this great information. Check the first link for the most complete document, or click on “Easy Reading” for the more simple version.
Source: Garden Insects, and Walled Lake Consolidated School District, respectively.

Tennessee State Reptile

Check out this fantasic page on the eastern box turtle call teach you all about the eastern box turtle’s life cycle and where she lives.
Source: Chesapeake bay Program

Tennessee State Wild Animal

This wonderful full-color raccoon nature guide has loads of information and great photographs. Learn about the raccoon’s life cycle, habitat, diet, and more. Simply double-click the photographs to enlarge them.
Source: New Hampshire Public Television