Military mascot refers to a pet animal maintained by a military unit for ceremonial purposes or as an emblem of that unit.
It may also be referred to as a ceremonial pet or regimental mascot.
It differs from a military animal in that it is not employed for use directly in warfare as a weapon or for transport.
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“There was somewhat military in his nature, not to be subdued, always manly and able, but rarely tender, as if he did not feel himself except in opposition. He wanted a fallacy to expose, a blunder to pillory, I may say required a little sense of victory, a roll of the drum, to call his powers into full exercise.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)