The bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), commonly called the porpoise, is hereby designated the state water mammal of Mississippi.
Miss. Code Ann. § 3-3-19
State water mammal
Laws, 1974, ch. 551, § 2, eff from and after passage (approved April 12, 1974
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