States have a surprising number of official symbols. While most people would expect them to have an official motto, seal, and flag, there can also be a state beverage, muffin, soil, fossil, and poem, to name a few. 

The animal kingdom seems to be well represented among state symbols, with Florida having everything from an official bird to an official reptile as well as both an official saltwater fish and official freshwater fish. The Sunshine State has just updated its official state bird and songbird to the American flamingo and the Florida scrub-jay, respectively.

However, Florida’s state saltwater mammal, seems to be a bit of an enigma. The same statute that says the manatee as the Florida state marine mammal also reads that “the porpoise, also commonly known as the dolphin, is hereby designated as the Florida state saltwater mammal.”