The 50 Cutest Baby Animals Of America, State By State

Scroll through and see how adorable your state's representative is.

Alabama

American black bear: You're never supposed to get in between a bear and her cub, which could be hard when they look like this.

Alaska

Moose: These behemoths will grow up to be huge, but calves start out small (and slobbery).

Arizona

Ring-tailed cat: These resplendent ring-tails grow up to be expert climbers. Of course, this cat has already climbed into your heart.

Arkansas

Mockingbird: About two weeks after first hatching, this comely pair will finally be ready to leave the nest.

California

Gray whale: These fine fellows are born tail first, but its cute head is the real winner.

Image: Flickr user goingslo

Colorado

Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep: These dainty lambs are born on cliffs that are hard to access by predators.

Connecticut

Sperm whale: These calfs can swim within a half hour of birth, lumpy skin and all.

Image: WikiCommons

Delaware

Grey Fox: These foxy kits will begin to hunt around the age of three months old. They must be terrifying.

Florida

Florida panther: These pulchritudinous panthers are also sometimes called a"painters," because Florida.

Georgia

Right whale: According to legend, these majestic mammals received their name as whalers declared them the "right" whale to hunt. Poor guys.

Image: WikiCommons

Hawaii

Hawaiian monk seal: These precious pups are given swimming lessons by their mothers every day.

Idaho

Appaloosa horse: Now we know why kids beg for ponies.

Illinois

Monarch butterfly: Before they get their wings, these classy caterpillars eat a ton of milkweed in anticipation of metamorphosis.

Image: Flickr user lara68

Indiana

Northern Cardinal: Cardinals breed two to three times each mating season, with the female making multiple nests of these tousled chicks.

Iowa

American goldfinch: For a period before learning to fly, these chicks are effectively just loud mouths pointed expectantly toward the sky.

Kansas

American bison: Cute now, thunderous and huge later.

Kentucky

Gray squirrel: Did you know baby squirrels are called "kittens"?

Louisiana

Louisiana Catahoula leopard dog: Want one. Now.

Image: Petfinder (sorry this one's already been adopted!)

Maine

Maine coon cat: This one might be small enough to fit in a brown bag, but a different Maine coon named "Stewie" was the longest cat ever recorded, end to end.

Maryland

Chesapeake Bay retriever: Back in the day, this puppy might have had something other than a soccer ball in its mouth. The first Chesapeake Bay retrievers hunted waterfowl in the icy bay from which they get their name.

Massachusetts

Boston terrier: These were the first "purebred" dogs in America.

Michigan

Painted turtle: The sex of these young nippers is determined by how warm the nest gets, with warmer nests often resulting in more females.

Image: Flickr user alumroot

Minnesota

Loon: Hatchlings leave the nest on the first day of their lives and waddle straight to our hearts.

Mississippi

Bottlenose dolphin: These cherub-faced calves are born with the help of an "auntie" dolphin, who is initially the only other dolphin the mother allows near the recherché calf.

Missouri

Missouri fox trotter: Legs for days on this dashing foal.

Image: River Flat Ranch, which actually sells these guys.

Montana

Grizzly bear: Sometimes these cubs are born during the hibernation period, meaning mothers can give birth in their sleep.

Nebraska

White-tailed deer: Bambi! We hope this fawn has a mother somewhere out there.

Nevada

Desert bighorn: Most of these captivating lambs are born between February and April.

New Hampshire

Spotted newt: These slippery little crawlers are called "efts" when they're juveniles.

Image: SUNY Geneseo

New Jersey

Horse: This foal will grow up to have some outrageously awesome 80s hair, just like the guy behind it.

New Mexico

Roadrunner: Both the female and male parents of these frizzy darlings take terms incubating the nest.

Image: Flickr user larkspurlazuli

New York

Beaver: Must. Cuddle. Now.

North Carolina

Eastern box turtle: You can do it, little guy!

North Dakota

Nokota horse: These hot tamales almost went extinct, but a few were accidentally trapped within the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, where the population was.

Image: Full Moon Rising (which sells Nokota Horses)

Ohio