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Guinea pigs, hamsters and more: What’s your state’s most popular pet (besides cats and dogs)?

Guinea pigs, hamsters and more: What’s your state’s most popular pet (besides cats and dogs)?

Marina Pitofsky
USA TODAY

National Pet Day is April 11, and whether your family has dogs, cats, fish, hamsters or other animals, today is the day to give your pets an extra treat.

Officials say most households in the United States have at least one pet. But aside from ever-popular cats and dogs, what are some of the other most popular pets across the country?

Google Trends shared a map with USA TODAY of the most searched pets by state, excluding cats and dogs, with guinea pigs, chinchillas, bearded dragons, sugar gliders and hamsters.

Bearded dragons dominated the South, while guinea pigs were popular from coast to coast. And New Mexico stood out with hamsters as one of the state’s most searched pets over the past year.

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Check out your state’s most searched (non-cat-or-dog) pet below: 

Alabama – Bearded dragon

Alaska – Guinea pig

Arizona – Guinea pig

Arkansas – Bearded dragon

California – Guinea pig

Colorado – Sugar glider

Connecticut – Chinchilla

Delaware – Chinchilla

Florida – Bearded dragon

Georgia – Bearded dragon

Hawaii – Guinea pig

Idaho – Chinchilla

Illinois – Chinchilla

Indiana – Bearded dragon

Iowa – Chinchilla

Kansas – Guinea pig

Kentucky – Guinea pig

Louisiana – Bearded dragon

Maine – Chinchilla

Maryland – Guinea pig

Massachusetts – Guinea pig

Michigan – Guinea pig

Minnesota – Chinchilla

Mississippi – Bearded dragon

Missouri – Bearded dragon

Montana – Sugar glider

Nebraska – Guinea pig

Nevada – Chinchilla

New Hampshire – Chinchilla

New Jersey – Guinea pig

New Mexico – Hamster

New York – Guinea pig

North Carolina – Bearded dragon

North Dakota – Chinchilla

Ohio – Chinchilla

Oklahoma – Guinea pig

Oregon – Chinchilla

Pennsylvania – Guinea pig

Rhode Island – Chinchilla

South Carolina – Bearded dragon

South Dakota – Guinea pig

Tennessee – Bearded dragon

Texas – Guinea pig

Utah – Chinchilla

Vermont – Guinea pig

Virginia – Guinea pig

Washington – Guinea pig

West Virginia – Chinchilla

Wisconsin – Guinea pig

Wyoming – Guinea pig

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