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List of fictional musteloids

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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, while fictional raccoons are found in the list of fictional raccoons.

Comics

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Name Type Work Notes Refs.
Fungo Squiggly Ferret Get Fuzzy The ferret antagonist [1]
Miss Mam'selle Hepzibah Skunk Pogo Originally Porky Pine's love interest [2]
Weather Weasel Weasel Just'a Lotta Animals Weasel version of Weather Wizard [citation needed]
Okojo-san Ermine Okojo-san A pet ermine living in an apartment complex [3]
Peach Ferret Peach Fuzz A pet ferret who believes herself to be a princess [4]


Animation

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Literature

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Name Type Work Notes Refs.
Mudge the Otter Otter Spellsinger by Alan Dean Foster An anthropomorphic otter who is the best friend and traveling companion of Jonathan Thomas Meriweather [5]
Pantalaimon Marten Northern Lights by Philip Pullman A dæmon who frequently takes the form of a pine marten or an ermine [6]
Otter Otter Franklin the Turtle books by Paulette Bourgeois An otter that was friends with Franklin [citation needed]
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 [7]
Tarka Otter Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson Protagonist [8]

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.

Mascots

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Name Type Origin Notes Refs.
Chiitan Asian small-clawed otter Koh Hashibiro Unofficial mascot of Susaki, Kōchi [9]
Otto Sea otter 2002 Winter Paralympics Official Paralympic mascot [10]
Tina and Milo Stoats 2026 Winter Olympics and 2026 Winter Paralympics Official Olympic and Paralympic mascots [11]

References

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  1. ^ "People/Characters: Fungo Squiggly | LibraryThing". LibraryThing.com. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  2. ^ "POGO & MA'AM'SELLE HEPZIBAH". Hartford Courant. 2000-02-14. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  3. ^ "Shiawase Sou no Okojo-san (TV) - Anime News Network". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  4. ^ "Peach Fuzz (OEL manga) - Anime News Network". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  5. ^ "People/Characters: Mudge | LibraryThing". LibraryThing.com. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  6. ^ Keenan, Alex (2022-12-28). "Why Pantalaimon Settles As That Animal In His Dark Materials". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  7. ^ "Sredni Vashtar Summary & Analysis". LitCharts. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  8. ^ "Tarka the Otter". www.henrywilliamson.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  9. ^ Debczak, Michele (2021-09-12). "A Rogue Otter Mascot Named Chiitan Is Terrorizing Tourists and Wreaking Havoc in Japan". Mental Floss. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  10. ^ "Salt Lake City 2002 Paralympic Mascot Otto - Photos & History". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  11. ^ Fenton, Caela (2024-02-08). "Meet Tina and Milo, the mascots for Milano Cortina 2026". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 2024-08-02.