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- Official State Dish: Chili con Carne
- State Snack: Tortilla chips and salsa
- Fruit: Texas Red Grapefruit
- State Flower: Bluebonnets
- State Bird: Northern Mockingbird
- State Mammal: Nine-banded armadillo (small) & Texas Longhorn (large) & Mexican Free-tailed Bat (flying)
- State Amphibian: Texas Toad
- State Reptile: Texas Horned Lizard
- State Fish: Guadalupe Bass
- State Insect: Monarch Butterfly
- State Nut: Native Pecan
- State Plant: Prickly Pear
Photo by Brain Talbot