State nicknames: Wolverine State, Great Lake State, Mitten State, Water-Winter Wonderland
State motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice (Latin: "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you") adopted in 1835 on the coat-of-arms, but never as an official motto. This is a paraphrase of the epitaph of British architect Sir Christopher Wren about his masterpiece, St. Paul's Cathedral.[145][146]
State song: "My Michigan" (official since 1937, but disputed amongst residents),[147] "Michigan, My Michigan" (Unofficial state song, since the civil war)
State bird: American robin (since 1931)
State animal: wolverine (traditional)
State game animal: white-tailed deer (since 1997)
State fish: brook trout (since 1965)
State reptile: painted turtle (since 1995)