# Shere Khan — The Jungle Book character guide

> Shere Khan in The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Khan

**First appearance:** 0002-mowgli-s-brothers

## Who they are

A lame but cunning Bengal tiger who seeks to kill Mowgli.

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