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, goats and zebras, but excluding horses, pachyderms and pigs, which are listed in separate lists.
Deer and moose
[edit]Name | Species | Author | Work | Notes |
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Bambi | Roe Deer | Felix Salten | Bambi, A Life in the Woods | |
Elliot | Moose | Andrea Beck | Elliot Moose | |
Faline | Roe Deer | Felix Salten | Bambi, A Life in the Woods | |
Great Prince | Roe Deer | Felix Salten | Bambi, A Life in the Woods | |
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
[edit]Horses
[edit]Donkeys
[edit]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
[edit]Name | Species | Author | Work | Notes |
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Zigby | Zebra | Brian Paterson | Zigby |
Pachyderms (elephants, rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses)
[edit]Swine
[edit]Sheep and goats
[edit]- The Ram (Le Mouton), French literary fairy tale by author Madame d'Aulnoy, wherein a prince is cursed into a sheep form by a jealous fairy.