Symbols of West Virginia

species of insect

species of bear

milkweed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae

species of bird

often greasy, shiny, combustible organic sedimentary rock that consists of more than 75 per cent carbon by weight

species of plant

species of fish

apple cultivar

species of reptile

original song co-written by John Denver, originally recorded by John Denver and released in 1971

flag of the U.S. state of West Virginia

Megalonyx (Greek, "great-claw") is an extinct genus of ground sloths of the family Megalonychidae, native to North America. It evolved during the Pliocene Epoch and became extinct at the end of the Late Pleistocene, living from ~5 million to ~13,000 years ago. The type species, M. jeffersonii (also called '''Jefferson's ground sloth'''), the youngest and largest known species, measured about in length and weighed up to nearly .