# The Jungle Book — Character guide

> Key figures in The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.

- [Mowgli](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/mowgli.md): A human child raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, learning the Law of the Jungle.
- [Rikki-Tikki-Tavi](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/rikki_tikki_tavi.md): A brave young mongoose who defends a human family from cobras.
- [Kotick](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/kotick.md): A white seal who searches for a safe beach for his people away from hunters.
- [Bagheera](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/bagheera.md): A wise black panther who mentors Mowgli and advocates for him in the wolf pack.
- [Kala Nag](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/kala_nag.md): A wise old elephant who serves as a lead elephant in the government keddah.
- [Toomai](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/toomai.md): A young elephant handler who earns the title 'Toomai of the Elephants'.
- [Baloo](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/baloo.md): A sleepy brown bear who teaches Mowgli the Law of the Jungle.
- [Shere Khan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/shere_khan.md): A lame but cunning Bengal tiger who seeks to kill Mowgli.
- [Kaa](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/kaa.md): An ancient and powerful python who aids Mowgli against the Bandar-log.
- [Akela](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/akela.md): The leader of the Seeonee wolf pack who protects Mowgli.
- [Nagaina](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/nagaina.md): A deadly female cobra and mate of Nag, who plots revenge against the family.
- [Teddy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/teddy.md): A young boy who befriends Rikki-Tikki-Tavi after the mongoose is rescued.
- [Father Wolf](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/father_wolf.md): The wolf who finds Mowgli and brings him to the pack for adoption.
- [Tabaqui](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/tabaqui.md): A sneaky jackal who serves as Shere Khan's spy and scavenger.
- [Darzee](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/darzee.md): A tailorbird who helps Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by acting as a lookout.
- [Sea Catch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/sea_catch.md): A massive and fierce sea lion, father of Kotick.
- [Petersen Sahib](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/petersen_sahib.md): The British district officer who oversees the elephant keddah operations.
- [Buldeo](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/buldeo.md): A superstitious and greedy village hunter who opposes Mowgli.
- [Gray Brother](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/gray_brother.md): One of Mowgli's wolf brothers who remains loyal to him.
- [Mother Wolf](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/mother_wolf.md): The she-wolf who adopts and fiercely protects Mowgli as her own cub.
- [Big Toomai](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/big_toomai.md): Little Toomai's father, a skilled elephant driver in the keddah.
- [Matkah](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/matkah.md): Kotick's mother, a gentle sea lion who cares for her pup.
- [Rann](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/rann.md): A kite (bird of prey) who carries messages across the jungle.
- [Chuchundra](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/chuchundra.md): A timid muskrat who lives in the bungalow and warns Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.
- [Machua Appa](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/machua_appa.md): An experienced elephant catcher who leads the keddah operations.
- [Sea Vitch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/sea_vitch.md): A grumpy old walrus who lives on the beach and argues with Sea Catch.
- [Rama](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/rama.md): A buffalo owned by the village that Mowgli tends in Tiger! Tiger!
- [Karait](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/karait.md): A small but deadly brown snake that Rikki-Tikki-Tavi kills early on.
- [Limmershin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/limmershin.md): A winter wren who tells the story of Kotick to the narrator.
- [Patalamon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/patalamon.md): Big Toomai's friend and fellow elephant driver in the keddah.
- [Messua](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/messua.md): A village woman who believes Mowgli is her lost son Nathoo.
- [Dick Cunliffe](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/dick_cunliffe.md): A young British soldier who owns a pet mongoose in Her Majesty's Servants.
- [Ikki](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/ikki.md): A porcupine who appears briefly in the jungle scenes.
- [Kerick Booterin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/kerick_booterin.md): A Russian fur seal hunter who captures Kotick and his family.
- [Pudmini](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/pudmini.md): A female elephant who is part of the keddah herd.
- [Zaharrof](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/zaharrof.md): A Russian fur seal hunter who works with Kerick Booterin.
- [Hathi](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/hathi.md): A wise old elephant who tells the story of how the tiger got his stripes.
- [Mang](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/mang.md): A bat who appears in the jungle as a minor character.
- [Purun Dass](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/purun_dass.md): A former prime minister who becomes a holy man in the mountains.

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