List of fictional canines

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This list of fictional canines is subsidiary to the lists of fictional animals and is a collection of various notable canine characters that appear in various works of fiction. It is limited to well-referenced examples of canines. These lists are for all canines except dogs, including coyotes, jackals, foxes, and wolves. Hyenas are not canines. [ verification needed ] Fantasy beasts like Werewolves are excluded. Dogs can be found in List of fictional dogs. Wolves can be found in List of fictional wolves. Foxes can be found in List of fictional foxes.

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Literature

NameTypeWorkAuthorNotes
Rip and SnortCoyote Hank the Cowdog John R. Erickson
Mr. Fox Fox Fantastic Mr. Fox Roald Dahl A fox with a wife and four cubs who steals livestock from three nasty farmers to survive.
Mr. TodFox The Tale of Mr. Tod Beatrix Potter Owns two houses and in one of them he gets into a scuffle with an intruding Tommy Brock.
Reynard the Fox Fox Van den vos Reynaerde Willem die Madoc maecte
Slagar the CruelFox Redwall Brian Jacques A fox whose face is disfigured and runs a band of slavers.
Tabaqui Jackal The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling

Comics

NameSpeciesComicFormatCreatorNotes
Ferdinand FoxFox Coo Coo Comics Comic books Alexander Samalman A genius fox who teaches the forest animals high IQ tricks.
Fiona Fox Fox Sonic the Hedgehog Comic booksA treasure hunter and Scourge the Hedgehog's love interest.
Fix and Foxi Fox Fix and Foxi Comic books Rolf Kauka [1]
Foxy FaganFox Foxy Fagan Comic books Harvey Eisenberg A trouble prone fox who is sly but things do not work out as he plans.
Freddy FoxFox Bobby Bear Comic strip Kitsie Bridges, Dora McLaren, Meg, Wilfred Haughton
Slylock FoxFox Slylock Fox & Comics for Kids Comic strips Bob Weber Jr. A detective, constantly matching wits against a variety of criminals and assisted by his sidekick Max Mouse.
FoxyFox The Dandy Comic strips Evi de Bono
Joris GoedbloedFox Tom Poes , Panda Comic strips Marten Toonder Despite his last name ("Goedbloed" would translate as "Good blood" in English) Joris is an untrustworthy con-artist who uses Macaronic Latin. [2]
JujubeFoxNanar, Jujube & Piette, Gai-Luron Comic books Marcel Gotlib Jujube was originally the main character in a comic strip named Nanar, Jujube & Piette (1962–1965), but was eventually upstaged by a side character, Gai-Luron the dog, who became the main character of the series instead. It was also retitled Gai-Luron and now Jujube became Gai-Luron's sidekick. [3]
McFox (Raposão)Fox Lionel's Kingdom Comic books Mauricio de Sousa The original main character in Lionel's Kingdom comics.
MuzoFox Placid et Muzo [4] Comic strips José Cabrero Arnal The best friend and sidekick of Placid.
OzyFox Ozy and Millie Web comics Dana Simpson
Seminole SamFox Pogo Comic strips Walt Kelly
TimFoxTim und TobbyComic stripsBecker-KaschA fox who is best friends with a little bear. [5]

Television

Animation

Coyotes

NameOriginNotes
Antoine D'Coolette Sonic the Hedgehog
Bent-Tail the Coyote Various Walt Disney cartoonsA brown coyote who appeared as a nemesis of Pluto in a few cartoons.
Bent-Tail JuniorVarious Walt Disney cartoonsBent-Tail's unintelligent son.
Cage E. Coyote Baby Looney Tunes Wile E. Coyote's father.
Calamity Coyote Tiny Toon Adventures Pupil to Wile E. Coyote, who targets Road Runner's pupil Little Beeper, but only half his inventions work properly.
Coyote KidTiny Toon AdventuresA cowboy robber who closely resembles Wile E. Coyote. He and his gang of outlaw coyotes only appeared in the episode "High Toon".
Dag the Coyote Barnyard A maroon coyote who, and his pack tried to abduct farm animals, but were defeated by Otis the cow, and his friends.
Don Coyote The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda A knightly coyote with a mustache, armour and a lance, who rides on his steed Dapple with his companion Sancho Panda to spread justice (but usually mayhem) wherever he travels.
Droop-a-Long Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long A deputy.
Space Coyote The Simpsons Homer Simpson's spirit guide who only appeared in the episode "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)".
Tech E. Coyote Loonatics Unleashed Descendant of Wile E. Coyote, who has Rev Runner as his technical assistant.
Tommy the Coyote Father of the Pride
Troyo Elena of Avalor An evil magical coyote who tricked people into doing bad stuff for him so he could be King of the Jungle.
Wile E. Coyote Looney Tunes A brown coyote who makes many attempts to catch his target prey Road Runner only to fail miserably. He is the most popular and recognizable cartoon coyote.

Foxes

NameOriginNotes
Brother Fox Song of the South Fox who tries to eat Br'er Rabbit and often collaborates with Br'er Fox to achieve this goal.
Brother Fox Coonskin A satirical subversion of Joel Chandler Harris and Disney's similar character from Song of the South, reimagined as an African-American. [6]
Cajun Fox Courage the Cowardly Dog
Colulu and Widget Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn!
Darma Rock Dog One of Bodi's band members from rock park.
Donbe Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump
Eddy Pororo the Little Penguin A fox that loves inventing things.
Fauntleroy Fox The Fox and the Crow A refined but gullible sort. Created in 1941 by Columbia Pictures.
Foxy Loxy Chicken Little Foxy Loxy was the star of the first Fantasies cartoons Hubley directed for producer Jam Handy. (Hubley had already helped his partner Jill Donaldson create another series, titled Fantasies, with the character Bippo The Hippo.) Foxy Loxys first appearance on screen was in December 1963 in "Chicken Little". This old-western themed short features Chicken Little developing affection for the tavern singer who would become a Fox.

Foxy Loxy and his then-nameless Chicken would appear in another cartoon that same year: "Fun On The Farm" (November 21 1957), a musical set on a Farm. The plot bares some similarities to The Fox & The Stork, by Susanna Davidson Illustrated by John Joven which Donaldson and Hubley contributed on. This also marks the first time Foxy Loxys name was mentioned.

Foulfellow Pinocchio (film) In the 1940 Disney film Pinocchio , the fox and the cat are given the names "Honest" John Worthington Foulfellow (voiced by Walter Catlett) and Gideon (whose three hiccups in the film were provided by Mel Blanc). The pair differ from their original counterparts in the Collodi novel in a number of ways. They do not feign disability, and it is they who tempt Pinocchio to go to Mangiafuoco's theatre (named Stromboli in the film) and coax him into going to Pleasure Island.
Freddy Fox Peppa Pig One of Peppa's friends who debuted in the season 3 episode of the same name. He has a very strong nose, similar to Gaston from Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom, who is another character created by Astley Baker Davies. He is voiced by Max Miller.
King Voracious Foxbusters Leader of the foxes, Voracious is a large, handsome and charismatic red fox who is a somewhat unstable character. He sometimes appears to lose authority in the pack of foxes, but at the same time still leads them into constantly (and unsuccessfully) trying to get the better of the chickens.
Fox XXXHOLiC
Fox Persona 4 The Animation
Fox Skunk Fu
Kitsune Folktales from Japan
Konoha Dog Days
Nick Wilde Zootopia Character voiced by Jason Bateman.
Rita Jungledyret A young red fox who befriends Hugo on the streets of Copenhagen.
Tails Sonic the Hedgehog The name "Miles Prower" is a pun on "miles per hour", a reference to the famed speed of Sonic the Hedgehog. He is an eight year old [7] fox with two tails, [8] hence the nickname. He is known to be Sonic's sidekick, best friend, [8] and a mechanic. [8] He is able to use his two tails to propel himself into the air like a helicopter for a limited time. [8] His debut was on November 21, 1992 in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 .
Mr. Fox Adventure Time
Robin Hood and Maid Marian Robin Hood
Slyly Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie An Arctic fox.
Sumari Shining Tears X Wind
Swiper Dora the Explorer The main antagonist of the show. He wears a dark blue mask that conceals his face and thieving gloves of the same color. Before his entrances, he can be heard twitching his whiskers. Once the viewer manages to yell his name in sight, he will jump out of his hiding place and creep towards Dora and Boots to try to swipe their stuff. He can be stopped by Dora, Boots and the viewer saying "Swiper, no swiping!" thrice, upon which after he snaps his fingers with his catchphrase, "Oh, man!" before escaping. However, he has been shown to expose his heroic side in some episodes like "Swiper the Explorer", where he assists Dora and Boots in returning a baby fox to its parents. He is voiced by Marc Weiner, who is best known for hosting the now-cancelled Weinerville.
Tod The Fox and the Hound Voiced by Mickey Rooney, Tod is a young orphaned red fox who befriends a hunting hound dog as a pup but finds they cannot remain friends.
Vic The Little Fox
Vice Presidential Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto
Zorori Kaiketsu Zorori
Zuzo Elena of Avalor A fox spirit guide for Elena.

Other

NameSpeciesOriginNotes
Balto Wolfdog Balto Balto is a wolf-dog hybrid, shunned by both humans and dogs in the town of Nome. He is a rugged spirit, adventurer of his social domain; a rebel soul, no one to turn to but himself. His only friends are Boris, a Russian goose, Jenna, a Siberian Husky and Muk and Luk, two polar bears. Balto and Boris live on a grounded boat outside Nome, while Muk and Luk are occasional visitors.
Danny Dingo Blinky Bill The oldest brother of the family and main antagonist of the first season. A suave, smug dingo, almost always seen with his sunglasses on, with a scheming personality, usually thinking of ways to scam the townspeople.
MeatballDingo Blinky Bill The second-oldest brother, known for his weight; what he lacks in terms of intellect he makes up for in strength.
DaisyDingo Blinky Bill The lone sister of the family. Vain and flirtatious, with aspirations of fame, she tends to use her good looks and seductive charm to get her way.
MaDingo Blinky Bill The matriarch of the dingo family with a short temper and a large appetite.
ShiftyDingo Blinky Bill A kindhearted young dingo who became a member of Blinky's gang at the end of season 1.
Skalk African wild dog Khumba
Digeri Dingo Dingo Taz-Mania Scavenger, treasure hunter, and Taz's best friend.
Donna Dingo Dingo Taz-Mania Scavenger, treasure hunter, Taz's friend, and Digeri's girlfriend.

Video games

Other performing arts

NameTypeOriginArt formNotes
Sharp EarsFox The Cunning Little Vixen OperaMusic and libretto by Leoš Janáček
LapákDog (dachshund) The Cunning Little Vixen OperaMusic and libretto by Leoš Janáček

Animatronics

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