Fauna
| Type | Symbol | Year | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State bird | Cardinal | 1943 | ||
| State horse | Colonial Spanish Mustang | 2010 | ||
| State mammal | Eastern Gray Squirrel | 1969 | ||
| State salt water fish | Channel Bass | 1971 | ||
| State freshwater fish | Southern Appalachian brook trout
(freshwater trout) |
2005 | ||
| State reptile | Eastern Box Turtle | 1979 | ||
| State insect | honey bee
(Apis mellifera) |
1973 | ||
| State Dog | Plott Hound | 1989 |
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“The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, as though plaiting thick tresses of darkness. Here, too, appear the lighthouses of the mind, with their outward resemblance to less pure symbols. The gateway to mystery swings open at the touch of human weakness and we have entered the realms of darkness. One false step, one slurred syllable together reveal a man’s thoughts.”
—Louis Aragon (1897–1982)