The Texas Federation of Women’s Club quickly caught on and nominated the Mockingbird to represent Texas. The Mockingbird’s origin story starts in 1920 when the General Federation of Women’s Clubs hatched the idea for each state to have a bird mascot. Unfortunately, the nine-banded armadillo has become infamous in Texas for jumping in front of a car’s headlights so remember to keep a lookout while driving at night! Texas State Bird: Northern Mockingbird The unique female armadillo only gives birth to quadruplets that have developed from the same egg, and therefore all of her four offspring are always of the same sex.
The mammal is cat-sized, armored, and a major digger known for creating burrows in a variety of places including brush, woods, scrubs, and grasslands. The nine-banded armadillo is the only armadillo species native to North America and it is found as far north and east as Oklahoma and Mississippi.
The nine-banded armadillo was subsequently chosen as the small state mammal and was described by state legislators as an animal that “possesses many remarkable and unique traits, some of which parallel the attributes that distinguish a true Texan, such as a deep respect and need for the land, the ability to change and adapt, and a fierce undying love for freedom.” Because the results were a dead tie between the armadillo and the longhorn, legislators decided to create a small state mammal and a large state mammal. In June of 1995, hundreds of elementary school children voted for the Texas state mammal in a mock election. Nine-Banded Armadillo, Photo by Max Letek
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