Characters
In alphabetical order:
- Akela – An Indian Wolf
- Bagheera – A melanistic (black) panther
- Baloo— A Sloth Bear
- Bandar-log – A tribe of monkeys
- Chil – A kite (renamed "Rann" in US editions)
- Chuchundra – A Muskrat
- Darzee – A tailorbird
- Father Wolf – The Father Wolf who raised Mowgli as his own cub
- Grey brother – One of Mother and Father Wolf's cubs
- Hathi – An Indian Elephant
- Ikki – An Asiatic Brush-tailed Porcupine (mentioned only)
- Kaa – Indian Python
- Karait – Common Krait
- Kotick – A White Seal
- Mang – A Bat
- Mor – An Indian Peafowl
- Mowgli – Main character, the young jungle boy
- Nag – A male Black cobra
- Nagaina – A female King cobra, Nag's mate
- Raksha – The Mother wolf who raised Mowgli as her own cub
- Rikki-Tikki-Tavi – An Indian Mongoose
- Sea Catch – A Northern fur seal and Kotick's father
- Sea Cow – A Steller's Sea Cow
- Sea Vitch – A Walrus
- Shere Khan— A Royal Bengal Tiger
- Tabaqui – An Indian Jackal
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