Characters <br />Main article: The Jungle Book characters <br />In alphabetical order: <br /> <br />Akela – An Indian wolf <br />Bagheera – A melanistic (black) panther <br />Baloo— A sloth bear <br />Bandar-log – A tribe of monkeys <br />Chil – A kite (renamed "Rann" in US editions) <br />Chuchundra – A muskrat <br />Darzee – A tailorbird <br />Father Wolf – The father wolf who raised Mowgli as his own cub <br />Grey brother – One of Mother and Father Wolf's cubs <br />Hathi – An Indian elephant <br />Ikki – An Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine (mentioned only) <br />Kaa – An Indian python <br />Karait – A common krait <br />Kotick – A white seal <br />Mang – A bat <br />Mor – An Indian peafowl <br />Mowgli – Main character, the young jungle boy <br />Nag – A male black cobra <br />Nagaina – A female king cobra, Nag's mate <br />Pappu - A cat <br />Raksha – The Mother wolf who raised Mowgli as her own cub <br />Rikki-Tikki-Tavi – An Indian mongoose <br />Sea Catch – A northern fur seal and Kotick's father <br />Sea Cow – A Steller's sea cow <br />Sea Vitch – A walrus <br />Shere Khan— A royal Bengal tiger <br />Tabaqui – An Indian jackal
