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that appear in

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's 1894 ''

The Jungle Book ''The Jungle Book'' (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, ...

'' story collection, its 1895 sequel ''

The Second Jungle Book ''The Second Jungle Book'' is a sequel to ''The Jungle Book'' by Rudyard Kipling. First published in 1895, it features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, all but one set in India, most of which Kipling wrote while living in V ...

'', and the various film adaptations based on those books. Characters include both

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and talking animal characters.

In the Mowgli stories

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Mowgli Mowgli () is a fictional character and the protagonist of Rudyard Kipling's ''The Jungle Book'' stories. He is a feral boy from the Pench area in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, India, who originally appeared in Kipling's short story "In the Rukh" (co ...

(मोगली موگلی ''Maogalī'';

feral child A feral child (also called wild child) is a young individual who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age, with little or no experience of human care, social behavior, or language. The term is used to refer to children who h ...

) – Also referred to as "Man Cub," he is a boy who was raised by wolves, Bagheera, and Baloo.

Animals

Bagheera Bagheera ( hi, बघीरा / ''Baghīrā'') is a fictional character in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories in ''The Jungle Book'' (coll. 1894) and ''The Second Jungle Book'' (coll. 1895). He is a black panther ( melanistic Indian leopard) who ...

(बघीरा ''Baghīrā''; بگھیڑا ''Baghīrā'', "black panther";

black panther A black panther is the melanistic colour variant of the leopard (''Panthera pardus'') and the jaguar (''Panthera onca''). Black panthers of both species have excess black pigments, but their typical rosettes are also present. They have been d ...

variety of

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) – One of Mowgli's mentors and protector. *

Baloo Baloo (from hi, भालू ur, بھالو ''bhālū'' "bear") is a main fictional character featured in Rudyard Kipling's ''The Jungle Book'' from 1894 and ''The Second Jungle Book'' from 1895. Baloo, a sloth bear, is the strict teacher of ...

(भालू بھالو ''Bhālū'', "bear"; brown bear) – One of Mowgli's mentors and his friend. In Kipling's book, he is described as a sleepy old bear who teaches Mowgli the law of the jungle. *

Kaa Kaa is a fictional character from ''The Jungle Book'' stories written by Rudyard Kipling. He is a giant snake who is 30 feet long. In the books and many of the screen adaptations, Kaa is an ally of main protagonist Mowgli, acting as a friend ...

(का کا ''Kā''

Indian rock python The Indian python (''Python molurus'') is a large python species native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is also known by the common names black-tailed python, Indian rock python, and Asian ...

) – Mowgli's wise mentor and friend, though also feared throughout the jungle for his/her mesmerizing "hunger dance". He is absent in 1998's The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story. *

Hathi Hathi is a fictional character created by Rudyard Kipling for the Mowgli stories collected in ''The Jungle Book'' (1894) and ''The Second Jungle Book'' (1895). Hathi is a bull elephant that lives in the jungle. Kipling named him after ''hāthī' ...

(हाथी ہاتھی ''Hāthī'' "Elephant";

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) – The chief and leader of the jungle's elephants. *

Shere Khan Shere Khan (Hindi- शेर खान/ English pronunciation) is a fictional Bengal tiger and the main antagonist of Rudyard Kipling's ''The Jungle Book, Jungle Book'' and its adaptations. According to The Kipling Society, the word ''shere'' ...

(शेर खान شیر خان ''Śēr Khān'', "Tiger King" (" Khan" is a common title of Indian Muslim lordship and royalty);

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), – A vicious man-eating Bengal Tiger who is the main villain and the archenemy of Mowgli. He is often known as "a chief among tigers" and in multiple adaptations as the one called "The King of Tigers." Despite being born with a crippled leg and derisively nicknamed "Lungri" ("The Lame One") by his own mother, Shere Khan is ruthless, aggressive, violent, arrogant, self-centered, and sees himself as the rightful lord of the jungle. * Seeonee Wolf Pack – An

Indian wolf The Indian wolf (''Canis lupus pallipes'') is a subspecies of gray wolf that ranges from Southwest Asia to the Indian Subcontinent. It is intermediate in size between the Himalayan wolf and the Arabian wolf, and lacks the former's luxuriant wint ...

pack that Mowgli was raised by. ** Akela (अकेला اکیلا ''Akēlā'', "alone"; Indian wolf) – The chief and leader of the wolf pack. ** Raksha (रक्षा رکشا ''Rakṣā'', "protection"; Indian wolf) – Also called Mother Wolf, she is Mowgli's adoptive mother. ** Rama (रमा رما ''Ramā'') (Indian wolf) – Also called Father Wolf, he is Mowgli's adoptive father. ** Grey Brother (Indian wolf) – The oldest of Father Wolf and Raksha's cubs. He appears on all Disney adaptions except for 1967's ''The Jungle Book'', 1998's ''The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story'', and 2003's ''The Jungle Book 2''. ** Leela (लीला لیلا ''Līlā''; Indian wolf) – The granddaughter of Akela. *

Bandar-log Bandar-log ( hi, बन्दर-लोग) is a term used in Rudyard Kipling's ''The Jungle Book'' (1894) to describe the monkeys of the Seeonee jungle. Description In Hindi, ''Bandar'' means "monkey" and ''log'' means "people" – hence the te ...

(बन्दर-लोग بندر لوگ ''Bandar-lōg'', "monkey-folks"; grey langurs) – A society of monkeys who are treated as pariahs for their scatterbrained anarchy. They kidnap the very young Mowgli, who is rescued by Bagheera, Baloo, and Kaa. * Gajjini (गजिनी گجنی, ”Elephant”;

) – Hathi’s wife. She is named Winifred in the animated Disney movie adaptation. * Hathi Jr. (छोटा हाथी چھوٹا ہاتھی , ”Elephant”;

) – Hathi’s son. * Tabaqui (तंबाकूवी تنباکوی ''Taṃbākūvī''; "Dish-Licking Dog";

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) – He feeds on scraps from either Shere Khan or the wolves of the Seeonee Pack. In some adaptations, he is a striped hyena. Tabaqui is a servant of Shere Khan as well as Shere Khan's spy and messenger. He is killed by Grey Brother after the Grey Brother interrogates him into admitting both what Shere Khan plans to do and where and then crushes the jackal's back in "Tiger! Tiger!". He is absent from all the Disney adaptions of The Jungle Book except 1998's '' The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story'', in which he is portrayed as a

spotted hyena The spotted hyena (''Crocuta crocuta''), also known as the laughing hyena, is a hyena species, currently classed as the sole extant member of the genus ''Crocuta'', native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is listed as being of least concern by the IUC ...

, a species only native to

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in real life. * Mang (मङग منگ ''Maṅg'', "go";

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) – A bat. * Rama (रमा رما ''Ramā'';

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) – A large water buffalo that Mowgli herds when living with humans and rides upon during the final confrontation with Shere Khan. * Mysa (मौसा موسا ''Maisā'', "uncle"; water buffalo) – A water buffalo. * Chil (चील چیل ''Cīl''; "

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"), in earlier editions called Rann (रण ''Raṇ'', "battle") – A kite that serves as a messenger. Depicted as a

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in the 1989 anime series. * Sahi (इकी اکی ''Ikī'';

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). In later editions, he was called Ikki. * Tha (था تھا ''Thā'', "He was"; Indian elephant) – The first of the elephants according to Hathi. * Thuu (थू تھو ''Thū'';

Indian cobra The Indian cobra (''Naja naja''), also known as the spectacled cobra, Asian cobra, or binocellate cobra, is a species of cobra found in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan, and a member of the "big four" species that are ...

) – A male blind albino cobra, also called White Hood. Mowgli gives him the derisory epithet "Thuu" (meaning "it has dried") upon discovering that the supposedly deadly cobra's fangs are in fact withered and dried up from age and disuse. A version of him appeared in the ''

Jungle Cubs ''Disney's Jungle Cubs'' is an American animated series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation for ABC in 1996, serving as the prequel to the 1967 film ''The Jungle Book'' as it's set in the youth of the animal characters years before the ...

'' episode "The Treasure of Middle Jungle" voiced by

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. This version is a giant Indian cobra who guards man's treasure in the Middle Jungle and his fangs drying out remain intact where a shrew exposed that fact to Baloo, Prince Louie, Shere Khan, and Kaa. *

Dhole The dhole (''Cuon alpinus''; ) is a canid native to Central, South, East and Southeast Asia. Other English names for the species include Asian wild dog, Asiatic wild dog, Indian wild dog, whistling dog, red dog, red wolf, and mountain wolf. It ...

s – A pack of dholes that appear in the story " Red Dog." * Oo (ऊ او ''Ū'';

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) * Jacala (जाचला جاچلا ''Jacalā'', "obstacle"; Indian crocodile) – A large mugger crocodile. In "Red Dog", it is stated that Mowgli broke a knife on Jacala's back during a protracted fight with him. * Mao (मवा موا ''Mavā'';

Indian peacock The Indian peafowl (''Pavo cristatus''), also known as the common peafowl, and blue peafowl, is a peafowl species native to the Indian subcontinent. It has been introduced to many other countries. Male peafowl are referred to as peacocks, and ...

) – In earlier editions, he was called Mor (मोर مور ''Mōr'', "peacock"). . * Won-Tolla (Indian wolf) – An outlier who warns Mowgli's tribe of the dholes who killed his mate and cubs. Before dying of his wounds during the fight between the dholes and Mowgli's tribe, Won-Tolla slays the dhole leader. * Chikai (चीकै جیکے ''Cīkai'', "squeak"; rat) * Phao (फवा پھوا ''Phavā''; Indian wolf) – Son of Phaona and leader of The Free People. * Phaona (फवाना پھوانا ''Phavānā''; Indian wolf) – Phao's father and member of The Free People. * Ferao (फोडवा پھوڑوا ''Phōṛavā'', "woodpecker"; scarlet woodpecker)

Humans

The following characters are known humans. * Messua – The wife of the richest man of the human village, who decides to adopt the wild Mowgli, believing that he is their long-lost son Nathoo. * Messua's husband – An unnamed man, the richest man of the village. * Nathoo (नत्थू نتھو ''Natthū'') – The long-lost son of Messua and her husband, who has been snatched by a tiger. * Buldeo (बलदेव بلدیو ''Baladēvā'') – The elderly chief hunter of Messua's village. He is boastful, arrogant, greedy and superstitious, and he is furious when Mowgli, who knows what the jungle is really like, contradicts some of his own more fanciful stories about the jungle. He hopes to kill Shere Khan so he can get a substantial reward placed out as a bounty for the tiger's skin. In the 2018 adaptation, he was a British hunter called John Lockwood portrayed by

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. (

John Lockwood Kipling John Lockwood Kipling (6 July 1837 – 26 January 1911) was an English art teacher, illustrator and museum curator who spent most of his career in India. He was the father of the author Rudyard Kipling. Life and career Lockwood Kipling was b ...

was Rudyard Kipling's father). Mowgli found that he had beheaded Bhoot and shot the tusk off an unnamed elephant. During Mowgli's fight with Shere Khan, Lockwood tries to shoot Shere Khan, only for Akela to take the bullet when it was heading towards Mowgli. Lockwood himself was body-slammed by the same elephant. * Mowgli's wife – A woman who fell in love with Mowgli and meets his old friends in the jungle. * Mowgli's son – A son of Mowgli and his wife.

Films adaptations

The following characters appear in the films adaptations: *

King Louie King Louie is a fictional character introduced in Walt Disney's 1967 animated musical film ''The Jungle Book''. He is an Orangutan who leads other jungle primates and wants to become more human-like by gaining knowledge of fire from Mowgli. Lou ...

(Disney) is an

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who leads the Bandar-log. In the 2016 film, he is a ''

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''. He is voiced by

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in the first movie,

in ''

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'', Jason Marsden in Season One of ''Jungle Cubs'', Cree Summer in Season Two of ''Jungle Cubs'', and

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in the 2016 film. He never appears in the second movie. * Flunkey (Disney) is King Louie's monkey servant and lieutenant. He is voiced by

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in the first film and by

in ''The Jungle Book 2''. * Buzzy, Dizzy, Flaps, and Ziggy (Disney) are four

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who closely resemble

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because of their shaggy moptop haircuts and Liverpool accents. Buzzy resembles

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, Dizzy resembles

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, Flaps resembles

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, and Ziggy resembles

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. Their song "

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" was sung in the style of a

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instead of a Beatles song. Disney was originally going to have The Beatles voice them, but John Lennon refused the offer. Buzzy was voiced by J. Pat O'Malley in the first film and by

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in ''The Jungle Book 2''. Dizzy is voiced by

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in the first film and by

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in ''The Jungle Book 2''. Flaps is voiced by Chad Stuart in the first film and by

Brian Cummings Brian Douglas Cummings (born March 4, 1948) is an American voice actor, known for his work in radio and television commercials, television and motion picture promos, cartoons and as the announcer on '' The All-New Let's Make a Deal'' from 1984 to ...

in ''The Jungle Book 2''. Ziggy is voiced by

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in the first film and by Jess Harnell in ''The Jungle Book 2''. * Shanti (Disney, named only in ''

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'') is a

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whose song " My Own Home" lured Mowgli into the Man Village in the 1967 film. Shanti later serves as his ally/love interest in the sequel. Shanti is voiced by

Darleen Carr Darleen Carr (born Darlene Farnon) is an American actress, singer, and voice-over artist. She is also known as Darlene Carr or Darleen Drake. She has two sisters, both actresses ( Shannon Farnon and Charmian Carr). Early years Carr was born i ...

in the first film and by

Mae Whitman Mae Margaret Whitman (born June 9, 1988) is an American actress and singer. She began acting in commercials as a child, making her film debut at the age of six in the romantic drama '' When a Man Loves a Woman'' (1994). She achieved recognition as ...

in ''The Jungle Book 2''. * Ranjan (Disney''The Jungle Book 2'') is Mowgli's adopted younger brother. He is depicted as the son of Messua and her husband. Ranjan is voiced by Connor Funk. * Lucky (Disney''The Jungle Book 2'') is the vultures' friend who loves teasing Shere Khan as seen in ''The Jungle Book 2''. He is voiced by

Phil Collins Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and lead singer of the rock band Genesis and also has a career as a solo performer. Between 1982 and ...

. * Rocky (Disney) is an

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. In the earlier production of the first film, Rocky was to appear in the same scene as the Vultures where he would've been voiced by

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. Unfortunately, his part got scrapped."Lost Character: Rocky the Rhino", The Jungle Book Platinum Edition Disc 1 Rocky did appear in the 2016 film voiced by

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where he was among the animals observing the Water Truce. After telling Mowgli to watch himself after being backed into him upon being accidentally pricked by Ikki's quills, Rocky tells Raquel that Mowgli is a man-cub. * Raquel (Disney 2016 film) is the daughter of Rocky the Rhino. She is voiced by Madeleine Favreau. * Fred (Disney 2016 film) is a

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who is one of the neighbors and friends of Baloo. He was voiced by

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, who also directed the film. * Giant Squirrel (Disney 2016 film) is an

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who is one of the neighbors and friends of Baloo. The Giant Squirrel was the one who supported Baloo's claim to Mowgli that the honey works to soothe the bee stings as he claims that it's nature's ointment where he puts it everywhere. He was voiced by

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. * Pangolin (Disney 2016 film) is an

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who is one of the neighbors and friends of Baloo. No voice actor was credited for this role. *Kichi (anime adaptation) is a red panda and Mowgli's best friend. *William Boone (1994 adaptation) a British Army captain and Mowgli's enemy. * Bhoot (Warner Bros) is an albino wolf cub and Mowgli's friend. The two of them had a falling out when Bagheera made Mowgli fail Baloo's test. Mowgli found that Bhoot was killed and beheaded offscreen by John Lockwood causing Mowgli to see that John is not a nice person. Bhoot is voiced by

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