Members of the Musteloidea family of carnivorans, including weasels, ferrets, minks, otters, martens, skunks, raccoons, red pandas, and badgers, often appear in works of fiction as named characters. Some may be anthropomorphic while others may be depicted as more realistic animals.
Name | Type | Work | Notes | Refs. |
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Buck | Weasel | Ice Age | A weasel with a Baryonyx nemesis named Rudy. | [1] |
Carl | Raccoon | Carl the Collector | A young anthropomorphic raccoon with autism. | [2] |
Mei Lee | Red panda | Turning Red | A young girl with the ability to transform into a red panda. | [3] |
Pepé Le Pew | Striped skunk | Looney Tunes | A French anthropomorphic skunk. | [4] |
Rascal | Raccoon | Rascal the Raccoon | A raccoon adopted by a young boy. | [5] |
Retsuko | Red panda | Aggretsuko | An anthropomorphic red panda that sings death metal to release frustration from her job. | [6] [7] |
Sniz & Fondue | Ferrets | Sniz & Fondue | A zany pair of ferret roommates. | [8] |
Name | Type | Work | Notes | Refs. |
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Bonobono | Sea otter | Bonobono | The sea otter protagonist of a gag manga. | [9] |
Fungo Squiggly | Ferret | Get Fuzzy | The ferret antagonist. | [10] |
Lylla | Otter | Marvel Comics | A supporting character of Rocket Raccoon. | [11] [12] |
Miss Mam'selle Hepzibah | Skunk | Pogo | Originally Porky Pine's love interest. | [13] |
Okojo-san | Ermine | Okojo-san | A pet ermine living in an apartment complex. | [14] |
Peach | Ferret | Peach Fuzz | A pet ferret who believes herself to be a princess. | [15] |
Rocket Raccoon | Raccoon | Marvel Comics | A superhero that is a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy. | [16] |
Name | Type | Work | Notes | Refs. |
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Mudge the Otter | Otter | Spellsinger by Alan Dean Foster | An anthropomorphic otter who is the best friend and traveling companion of Jonathan Thomas Meriweather. | [17] |
Pantalaimon | Marten | Northern Lights by Philip Pullman | A dæmon who frequently takes the form of a pine marten or an ermine. | [18] |
Sredni Vashtar | Polecat–ferret hybrid | Sredni Vashtar by Saki | Ambiguously the pet or vengeful god of a sickly 10-year-old boy. | [19] |
Tarka | Eurasian otter | Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson | An otter living in Devon. | [20] |
Note: The Ferret Chronicles has dozens of named ferret characters not listed here, and the Redwall series has hundreds of ferret, stoat, and weasel characters not listed here.
Name | Type | Work | Notes | Refs. |
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Lylla | Otter | Marvel Cinematic Universe | The film version of Lylla from Marvel Comics. | [11] [12] |
Rocket | Raccoon | Marvel Cinematic Universe | The film version of Rocket Raccoon from Marvel Comics. | [21] |
Name | Type | Origin | Notes | Refs. |
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Bucky Badger | Badger | University of Wisconsin–Madison | The official mascot of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Wisconsin Badgers. | [22] |
Chiitan | Asian small-clawed otter | Koh Hashibiro | An unofficial mascot of Susaki, Kōchi. | [23] |
T-Rac | Raccoon | Tennessee Titans | The official mascot of the Tennessee Titans. | [24] |
Udo | Red panda | University of Mannheim | The official mascot of the University of Mannheim. | [25] [26] |
Roni | Raccoon | 1980 Winter Olympics | An official Winter Olympic mascot. | [27] |
Otto | Sea otter | 2002 Winter Paralympics | An official Paralympic mascot. | [28] |
Tina and Milo | Stoats | 2026 Winter Olympics and 2026 Winter Paralympics | Official Olympic and Paralympic mascots. | [29] |
Name | Type | Work | Notes | Refs. |
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Koppa | Ferret | Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer | Koppa is a talking ferret companion of Shiren the Wanderer. | [30] [31] |
Sly Cooper | Raccoon | Sly Cooper | A gentleman thief raccoon. | [32] |
Tom Nook | Raccoon or tanuki | Animal Crossing | In the original Japanese versions of Animal Crossing games, Tom Nook is a tanuki, which is not a musteloid. However, he is called a raccoon in international translations. | [33] |
Typhlosion | Honey badger | Pokémon | A fire-type Pokémon species based on a honey badger. | [34] |
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