List of fictional ungulates in literature
Appearance
This list of fictional ungulates in literature is a subsidiary to the list of fictional ungulates and list of fictional animals. The list is restricted to notable ungulate (hooved) characters from various works of literature. This list includes deer, moose, cattle, giraffes, camels, donkeys, sheep and zebras, but excluding horses, pachyderms and pigs, which are listed in separate lists.
Deer and moose
Name | Species | Author | Work | Notes |
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Bambi | White-tailed Deer | Felix Salten | Bambi, A Life in the Woods | Originally a Roe Deer in the novel. |
Elliot | Moose | Andrea Beck | Elliot Moose | |
Faline | White-tailed Deer | Felix Salten | Bambi, A Life in the Woods | Originally a Roe Deer in the novel. |
Rannoch | Red deer | David Clement-Davies | Fire Bringer | |
Rudolph | Reindeer | Robert L. May | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | A reindeer originally from the 1939 story 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer', later adapted to a 1949 song, a 1964 television special, and various derivative works. |
Equines
Horses
Donkeys
Name | Author | Work | Notes |
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Benjamin | George Orwell | Animal Farm | |
Candlewick | Carlo Collodi | The Adventures of Pinocchio | Boy who turns into a donkey |
Eeyore | A. A. Milne | Winnie-the-Pooh | A gloomy, pessimistic donkey, but a true friend of Pooh's. |
Puzzle | C. S. Lewis | The Chronicles of Narnia |
Zebras
Name | Species | Author | Work | Notes |
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Zigby | Zebra | Brian Paterson | Zigby |
Pachyderms (elephants, rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses)
Swine