List of fictional musteloids

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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.

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Animation

A statue of Mei Lee from Turning Red in Toronto, Ontario. Mei Lee Turning Red statue.jpg
A statue of Mei Lee from Turning Red in Toronto, Ontario.
NameTypeWorkNotesRefs.
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]
RascalRaccoon Rascal the Raccoon A raccoon adopted by a young boy. [5]
RetsukoRed 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]

Comics

NameTypeWorkNotesRefs.
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]
PeachFerret 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]


Literature

A statue of Tarka in Bideford, Devon. Tarka the otter sculpture in Bideford, Devon.jpg
A statue of Tarka in Bideford, Devon.
NameTypeWorkNotesRefs.
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.

Live action

NameTypeWorkNotesRefs.
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]


Mascots

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Chiitan in 2018.
NameTypeOriginNotesRefs.
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 HashibiroAn 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]

Video games

NameTypeWorkNotesRefs.
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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