Characters
Main article: The Jungle Book 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 – An Indian python
Karait – A 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
Pappu - A cat
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