The following list of fictional musteloids is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals. This includes weasels, ferrets, minks, otters, martens, skunks, raccoons, and red pandas.
Fictional badgers are instead found within the list of fictional badgers.
Fictional raccoons are found in the list of fictional raccoons.
If a character appears in more than one medium, it is sorted under the primary one. Thus, despite occasional appearances in licensed video games, Pepé Le Pew is listed under the List of fictional musteloids in animation.
Name | Type | Work | Notes |
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Buttercup | Skunk | Bambi's Children | One of Flower's daughters in the 1940s Disney comic book adaptation of the book by the same name. [1] |
Carcajou | Wolverine | Yakari | The main villain of the franchise. |
Croque-Monsieur | Ferret | Sibylline | The major antagonist of the series, who roams the woods with a carving knife. [2] |
Les Croquillards | Ferret / Stone marten | Chlorophylle | The Croquillards are a ferret and stone marten who act as cronies to Anthracite the rat. [2] |
Fungo Squiggly | Ferret | Get Fuzzy | The ferret antagonist. |
Geoffrey St. John | Skunk | Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) | A skunk that served as an agent on the Royal Secret Service. He falls in love with Hershey and they marry during Sonic's return to space. Eventually Geoffrey starts working alongside the Ixis Wizard, Naugus. Never existed in the rebooted retconned history of Mobius (after #252) |
Gwenneth | Skunk | Kevin and Kell | One of twenty skunks, adopted children of antagonists R. L. and Angelique. |
Kiki | Ferret | Sluggy Freelance | One of the main cast members |
Basil MacTabolism | Polecat | Pogo | A polecat who is a door-to-door politician. |
Miss Mam'selle Hepzibah | Skunk | Pogo | Originally Porky Pine's love interest; typically kept a French(ish) accent distinct from the others'. |
Primrose | Skunk | Bambi's Children | One of Flower's daughters in the 1940s Disney comic book adaptation of the book by the same name. [1] |
Rough | Skunk | Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Publishing) | He is an evil mercenary and he is the brother of his partner, Tumble. |
Sabrina Conrad | Skunk | Sabrina Online | A graphic designer, Transformers collector and Amiga computer enthusiast best known as the protagonist of the furry webcomic Sabrina Online set in Columbus, Ohio. [3] |
Sissi Skunk | Skunk | The Abominable Charles Christopher | An entrepreneur and magnate from the webcomic by Karl Kerschl |
Torpile | Otter | Chlorophylle | Good friend of Chlorophylle. [2] |
Tumble | Skunk | Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Publishing) | He is an evil mercenary and he is the brother of his partner, Rough. |
Weather Weasel | Weasel | Just'a Lotta Animals | Weasel version of Weather Wizard. |
Weekly | Least Weasel | Blacksad | Rumoured to only change his underwear once a week, hence his nickname. |
Winthorp | Weasel | The Adventures of Sly Cooper | Inspector Carmelita Fox's executive assistant who secretly has a crush on her. |
Name | Type | Work | Notes |
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Cyrano | Ferret | Starship Troopers | The pet of Carl Jenkins, Jenkins was able to communicate suggestions to Cyrano psychically. [4] |
Ewok pets | Ferret | Star Wars | While numerous ferrets appear in the Ewok Village in multiple Star Wars films, books, and video games where they are pets of the Ewoks, they are most prominently found in Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure . |
"The Ferret" | Ferret | Kindergarten Cop | "The Ferret" goes everywhere with protagonist John Kimble. |
Gwin | Ferret | Inkheart | Dustfinger's constant companions. Note that in the original book version of Inkheart, Gwin was a marten rather than a ferret. |
Kodo | Ferret | The Beastmaster | One of protagonist Dar's constant companions and mate of Podo. Kodo sacrifices himself to save Dar. Also appears in Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time. |
Pantalaimon | Ermine | The Golden Compass | The sidekick of the protagonist, Pantalaimon (usually called Pan) is a dæmon who frequently takes the form of an ermine. |
Pip and Pop | Otters | Bear in the Big Blue House | |
Podo | Ferret | The Beastmaster | One of protagonist Dar's constant companions and mate of Kodo. Podo gives birth to a litter of ferrets at the end of the movie. Also appears in Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time. |
Rodolfo | Ferret | Along Came Polly | A pet ferret belong to Polly. |
Smartass, Greasy, Psycho, Wheezy and Stupid | Weasels | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | The Weasels are part of the Toon Patrol and work for Judge Doom. [5] |
Note: Ferrets appear as companions of at least two characters in the Harry Potter film series, but they are not explicitly named. [6] [7] An unnamed ferret also appears in the Prancing Pony in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring . [8]
Name | Type | Work | Notes |
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Ashleg | Pine marten | Mossflower by Brian Jacques | The advisor to the wicked wildcat Tsarmina Greeneyes. He's recognizable by having a wooden leg. |
Bagley Brown Jr. | Weasel | The Wainscott Weasel by Tor Seidler | The title character |
The Barron | long-tailed weasel | My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George | One of several animals that the main character Sam Gribley befriends. |
Bethany | Ferret | Rescue Ferrets at Sea by Richard Bach | The protagonist; a heroic captain of a rescue boat that experiences adventure while trying to save others. [9] |
Betty | Skunk | Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen | Skunk whom Brian developed an acquaintance with. |
Budgeron | Ferret | Writer Ferrets: Chasing the Muse by Richard Bach | Famous author of adventure stories for kits, husband of Danielle. [10] |
Cheyenne Jasmine | Ferret | Rancher Ferrets on the Range by Richard Bach | International film star and romantic interest of Montgomery. [11] |
Chloe | Ferret | Rescue Ferrets at Sea by Richard Bach | A celebrity reporter who gets permission to serve on a rescue boat in order to get real-life rescue ferret experience. [9] |
Danielle | Ferret | Writer Ferrets: Chasing the Muse by Richard Bach | Famous author of the scandalous Veronique Sibhoan Ferret novels, wife of Budgeron. [10] |
Ferahgo the Assassin | Weasel | Salamandastron by Brian Jacques | The main villain of the book, and the only main villain weasel of the entire series. He also has a son named Klitch. |
Flash | Otter | The Odyssey of an Otter by Rutherford George Montgomery | A young otter who is separated from his family and captured by a trapper, before escaping and embarking on a series of adventures in his attempt to get home. |
Finnbarr Galedeep | Otter | The Bellmaker by Brian Jacques | an experienced warrior and sailor and helps kill the main villain, but dies too. |
Fisher | Fisher | Egg Marks The Spot: A Skunk And Badger Story by Amy Timberlake | The self-descriptively named antagonist of the story. Fisher owns a treasure-finding business and is a cousin of the main character Badger. |
Franta | Skunk | Astronautilia by Jan Křesadlo | Franta is a creature resembling a skunk, but made entirely of brain tissue; he is the author of the science-fiction Homeric Greek epic poem about space travel of captain Udeis. |
Gwin & Jink | European pine martens | Inkheart series by Cornelia Funke | Marten companion to Dustfinger, a traveling fire-dancer. Generally known to jump through flaming hoops for money, and general mischief. In the later books is joined by Jink, another pine marten loyal to Dustfinger. Both are noted as having prominent little horns behind their ears, and squabbling for the master's attention. In the film adaptation, Gwin was changed to a ferret. |
Kine | Least weasel | The Kine Saga by Alan Richard Lloyd | A proud, aggressive young weasel. Known as an impetuous braggart, he has few friends until fiery Kia wins his love. |
Lirlowil | Otter | Barsk: The Elephants’ Graveyard by Lawrence M. Schoen | A pampered, privileged telepathic otter who is also a "Speaker", or one who can speak with the dead. |
Lottie | Otter | Return to the Hundred Acre Wood by David Benedictus | A "feisty" character who is also good at cricket and insists on proper etiquette. She wears a pearl necklace and can play the mouth organ, but is a little snide and snobby in her remarks. She makes her home in a wooden trunk filled with water that she calls Fortitude Hall. |
Lute | Otter | Shaman by Sandra Miesel | A talking otter character. The otter people are in a side universe the protagonist visits, but it becomes one of the best she can access. The otters and company are core to this story. |
Montgomery | Ferret | Rancher Ferrets on the Range by Richard Bach | Successful rancher and romantic interest of Cheyenne Jasmine. [11] |
Mudge | Otter | Spellsinger by Alan Dean Foster | An anthropomorphic otter with a thick Cockney accent, a womanizer, a thief and a gambler who is the best friend and traveling companion of Jonathan Thomas Meriweather. |
Oscar Otter | Otter | Oscar Otter by Nathaniel Benchley | Title character |
Pantalaimon | Marten | Northern Lights by Philip Pullman | The sidekick of the protagonist, Pantalaimon (often called Pan) is a dæmon who frequently takes the form of a pine marten. |
Otter | Otter | Franklin by Paulette Bourgeois | A dark brown northern river otter who was once Franklin's best friend. She moves away in a story shown early in the program's first season. Otter comes for a visit in the second season, but the reunion is bittersweet, with the village not remaining the same as Otter remembered it. Otter was voiced by Sophie Lang in the first season of the show. Her return visit was voiced by Marieve Herington. |
Romsca | Ferret | Redwall by Brian Jacques | A troublemaking corsair who eventually makes good. |
Shamrock | Ferret | The Last War: Detective Ferrets and the Case of the Golden Deed by Richard Bach | Professional detective and amateur philosopher / historian, Shamrock has to untangle a historical mystery. [12] |
Skunk | Skunk | Skunk And Badger by Amy Timberlake | One of the titular characters. He is said to have been homeless before being sent by Badger's aunt to live with him. |
Shellington | Otter | The Octonauts | The Octonauts' field researcher. Known for his Scottish accent, short attention span/general clumsiness, and catchphrase "Jumping jellyfish!" |
Spotter and Swatter | Otters | The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders by Jack Prelutsky | Two otters featured in a poem in the book, which bears the names of the characters. |
Sredni Vashtar | Polecat-Ferret Hybrid | Sredni Vashtar by Saki | Ambiguously the pet or vengeful god (or something in between) of a sickly 10-year-old boy. This story has been adapted to multiple other types of media including television and radio. Of especial note is that the first episode of The Orson Welles Show is one such adaptation. |
Stormy | Ferret | Air Ferrets Aloft by Richard Bach | Cargo pilot and captain of the AirFerrets SkyFreighter. Romantic interest of Strobe. [13] |
Strobe | Ferret | Air Ferrets Aloft by Richard Bach | Chief pilot for the giant conglomerate MusTelCo. Romantic interest of Stormy. [13] |
Swartt Sixclaw | Ferret | Outcast of Redwall by Brian Jacques | An evil warlord known as the Pitiless One, Swartt is the father of Veil. |
Sweeting (and two other wild otters, not named) | Otter | The Demon Breed by James H. Schmitz | A trio of sidekicks for the main character, augmenting her abilities with their own. |
Sylver | Weasel | Welkin Weasels by Garry Kilworth | A series of six ovels which feature Sylver and his band of outlaw weasels |
Tarka | Otter | Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson | |
Veil Sixclaw | Ferret | Outcast of Redwall by Brian Jacques | A general troublemaker who dies heroically, Veil is the abandoned son of Swartt. |
Vison | Mink | Vison, the Mink by Jean Craighead George | Vison the mink, the bully of his litter, strikes out on his own after the sudden death of his mother |
Willy the Weasel | Weasel | Tufty Club by RoSPA | Accident prone sidekick of the perfectly road-savvy title character |
Note: The Ferret Chronicles has dozens of named ferret characters not listed here, and the Redwall series (between the books and the television show) has hundreds of ferret, stoat, and weasel characters not listed here. Only a few key ones are listed from each. For the former see the books referenced above. For the latter, see the character lists provided within the Redwall section.
Name | Type | Work | Platform(s) | Notes |
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Cyrille Le Paradox | Skunk | Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time | PlayStation 3 PlayStation Vita | The game's main antagonist. |
Jimmy Bumples | Weasel | JumpStart Advanced 1st Grade | Windows Macintosh | The antagonist. |
Kicks | Skunk | Animal Crossing | Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Switch, iOS, Android | A merchant who sells different items depending on the game. In City Folk, he sells different shoe colors. In New Leaf and Pocket Camp, he sells shoes, socks, and boots. In New Horizons, he sells items of various kinds. |
Lottie | Otter | Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer | Nintendo 3DS | A girly pink otter who loves house designing. |
Lyle | Otter | Animal Crossing | Nintendo 3DS | A blue otter who sells insurance. |
Otto | Otter | Spyro: A Hero's Tail | GameCube Xbox, PlayStation 2 | An otter surfer. |
Pascal | Otter | Animal Crossing: Wild World | Nintendo DS | An otter philosopher. |
Punky | Skunk | Punky Skunk | PlayStation | The playable protagonist, a fan of then-popular 'extreme' sports. |
Spanx | Long-tailed weasel | Whiplash | PlayStation 2 Xbox | Chained to a rabbit named Redmond. They must work together to escape from a product testing machinery corporation. |
Stink Bomb | Skunk | Skylanders: Swap Force | PlayStation 3 Nintendo 3DS Wii U, Wii | A skunk that is a master of a martial art he apparently invented known as "Kung Fume". His catchphrase is "Clear the air!" He can throw shuriken, turn into a cloud of skunk spray, and perform palm thrust attacks. He is of the Life element, and has the Sneak skill. |
Don Weaso and the Weasel Mafia | Weasels | Conker's Bad Fur Day | Nintendo 64 Xbox | Don Weaso leads the Weasel Mafia, a mafia-like crime syndicate of weasels parodying The Untouchables that enlists Conker the Squirrel to exterminate a population of cavemen and rob the central bank. When Conker accomplishes the latter, Weaso ends up betraying Conker, as he was hired by the malicious Panther King to capture Conker and turn him into a table leg. In the confrontation that follows, Weaso murders Conker's girlfriend, Berri, under the Panther King's orders. Upon first sight of Professor Von Kriplespac's pet Xenomorph, Heinrich, who bursts out of the King's chest, Weaso ducks behind the now-deceased King's throne. He is likely sucked into space and killed when Conker opens the airlock in the vault-turned-spaceship that had just entered Earth's orbit. |
Professor Von Kriplespac | Weasel | A weasel scientist. He leads an army of Nazi-like teddy bears known as the Tediz. | ||
Mia | Ferret | Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers | Wii | Althea Sol Alfitaria's pet ferret Mia, After the first few minutes of exploring and gameplay you are confronted by her as she schemes to make you chase her |
Syruss | Ferret | Lands of Lore III | Windows | One of four optional Guild Familiar companions, Syruss is a magical sentient ferret. If chosen as the player's Familiar, he assists the player primarily by picking locks and stealing from shops. |
Blarret | Ferret (based on) | My Singing Monsters | Android, iOS, Windows | A triple element Ethereal Monster on the island Ethereal Workshop. It has three mouths, and sounds like multiple otamatones playing together. |
Species name | Media | Notable members | Notes |
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Otak | Earthsea | Hoeg | Rare creatures that tend to avoid humans. They are thought to be aggressive. One of them, namely Hoeg, accompanies Ged for the majority of A Wizard of Earthsea . |
Ottsel | Jak and Daxter | Daxter, Tess, Veger | A hybrid of an otter and a weasel |
Name | Type | Origin | Notes |
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Tina and Milo | Stoats | 2026 Winter Olympics and 2026 Winter Paralympics | Official Olympic mascots [14] |
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