List of fictional ungulates in literature

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This list of fictional ungulates in literature is a subsidiary to the

pachyderms and pigs, which are listed in separate lists
.

Deer and moose

Name Species Author Work Notes
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

Horses

Donkeys

Name Author Work Notes
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
Zigby Zebra Brian Paterson Zigby

Pachyderms (elephants, rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses)

Swine

Sheep and goats

  • 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.

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