The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) are designated the state land mammals of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 3-3-17
State land mammals
Laws, 1974, ch. 551, § 1; Laws, 1997, ch. 411, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 1997.
Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.