List of fictional pachyderms

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Main article: List of fictional ungulates

This list of fictional pachyderms is a subsidiary to the List of fictional ungulates. Characters from various fictional works are organized by medium.

Outside strict biological classification, the term "pachyderm" is commonly used to describe elephants, rhinoceroses, and hippopotamuses; this list also includes extinct mammals such as woolly mammoths, mastodons, etc.

Literature

Name	Species	Author	Work	Notes
Babar	Elephant	Jean de Brunhoff	Babar the Elephant	An elephant prince.
Berilia	Elephant	Terry Pratchett	Discworld	One of the four elephants who carry the Discworld whilst standing on the shell of Great A'Tuin the Turtle.
Ella	Elephant	Carmela D' Amico and Steven D' Amico	Ella the Elephant	A jolly young elephant who wears a big red hat and a blue criss-cross dress.
Elmer	Elephant	David McKee	Elmer the Patchwork Elephant	Character of children's story books .
Great T'Phon	Elephant	Terry Pratchett	Discworld	One of the four elephants who carry the Discworld whilst standing on the shell of Great A'Tuin the Turtle.
Horton	Elephant	Dr. Seuss	Horton Hears a Who!	A fictional character from the books Horton Hatches the Egg and Horton Hears a Who!, both by Dr. Seuss. Horton is a kind, sweet-natured elephant who cares about other animals or people.
Jerakeen	Elephant	Terry Pratchett	Discworld	One of the four elephants who carry the Discworld whilst standing on the shell of Great A'Tuin the Turtle.
"Jumbo" (given name)	Asian elephant	Mark Twain	"The Stolen White Elephant"	White elephant's actual name: Hassan Ben Ali Ben Selim Abdallah Mohammed Moist Alhammal Jamsetjejeebhoy Dhuleep Sultan Ebu Bhudpoor
Lily	Elephant	Anne Gutman	Penelope
Lord Rataxes	Rhinoceros	Jean de Brunhoff	Babar the Elephant	King of Rhinoland
Lumpy	Elephant	Diana M. Hawkins and Kevin Collier	Lumpy the Elephant	When treated as an outcast, Lumpy surprises other toys and gains their respect.
Tantor	African elephant	Edgar Rice Burroughs	Tarzan
Kabumpo	Elephant	Ruth Thompson	Kabumpo in Oz	Also known as the Elegant Elephant of Pumperdink he was originally a christening gift to the king of Pumperdink, Pompus.
Kala Nag	Asian elephant	Rudyard Kipling	The Jungle Book	In "Toomai of the Elephants" (Kala Nag means "Black Snake").
Hathi	Asian elephant	Rudyard Kipling	The Jungle Book	Head of the jungle elephant troop; featured in several adventures with the boy, Mowgli.
The Elephant Child	Asian elephant	Rudyard Kipling	Just So Stories	In "How the Elephant Got His Trunk"
Icebones	Mammoth	Stephen Baxter	Icebones	major character in the novel
Strorks	Rhinoceros	Rudyard Kipling	Just So Stories	In "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin"
Tubul	Elephant	Terry Pratchett	Discworld	One of the four elephants who carry the Discworld whilst standing on the shell of Great A'Tuin the Turtle.
Unnamed	Elephant	Elfrida Vipont	The Elephant and the Bad Baby
Mud (She-Spurns)	African elephant	Barbara Gowdy	The White Bone	An adult fantasy story about African elephants; centered on Mud, a young adopted female.
Zenobia	Asian elephant	Henry Cuyler Bunner	"Zenobia's Infidelity"	Short story adapted to Zenobia (1939 film) by Hal Roach Studios
Uncle	Elephant	J. P. Martin	Uncle (novel),Uncle Cleans Up,Uncle and His Detective, Uncle and the Treacle Trouble, Uncle and Claudius the Camel, Uncle and the Battle for Badgertown	A millionaire elephant with a purple dressing-gown, a B.A. from Oxford, and a clean-living past marred by a single, never-to-be-forgotten discreditable incident.
Silverhair	Mammoth	Stephen Baxter	Silverhair	major character in the novel
Solomon	Indian Elephant	José Saramago	The Elephant's Journey	major character in the novel
Otto	Rhinoceros	Ole Lund Kirkegaard	Otto Is a Rhinoceros	major character in the novel

Comics

Name	Species	Work	Author	Notes
Elephant Girl	African Elephant	Supermegatopia	David Copenhagen	An obese anthropomorphic elephant superheroine with a big stomach that wears a super suit that had her belly showing, and her belly-button showing as well, as it is shown being fully visible. Sometimes, she has a crush on Weasel Boy.
Elephant Man	Elephant/humanoid	Teen Titans	Geoff Johns, Tony Daniel	DC Comics supervillain with a thick hide and a bad attitude
Hannibal	African Elephant	The Adventures of Nero, the album "Hannibal".	Marc Sleen	Clo-Clo befriends a baby elephant, Hannibal (a reference to Hannibal Barca, the Carthagan general who crossed the Alps with his elephants). In the course of the story the little elephant is abducted to the circus. Nero and his friends are able to free him again, but then Hannibal suddenly disappears. Clo-Clo turns very ill as a result. Then, finally, Hannibal does return, but now he is a full grown elephant! He celebrates along with all the other characters.
Mama Kali	African Elephant	The Adventures of Nero, the album "Mama Kali".	Marc Sleen	Mama Kali (which means "angry mother" in Swahili) is actually Madam Pheip, who was changed into an elephant by a magic spell.
Snoots	Elephant	Baby Snoots		"Baby Snoots squeaks through with Uptite Mouse in a trunkful of fun." Continued by: Snoots the Forgetful Elephant. Published by Gold Key Comics.
Stewart	Elephant	Marsupilami	André Franquin
Hieronymus (Hip) Flask	Hippopotamus/human hybrid	Elephantmen	Richard Starkings	Created by The MAPPO Corporation; IA advisor.
Ebenezer Hide	Elephant/human hybrid	Elephantmen	Richard Starkings	Created by The MAPPO Corporation; IA advisor.
Obadiah Horn	Rhinoceros/human hybrid	Elephantmen	Richard Starkings	Created by The MAPPO Corporation; businessman.
Pellefant	Elephant	Pellefant	Rune Andréasson	Swedish comic book series; a blue toy elephant comes to life
Thunder	Elephant	Lionel's Kingdom	Mauricio de Sousa	Thunder is also a mascot of a Brazilian brand of tomato extract.
Zebedeus	African Elephant	The Adventures of Nero, the album "De Negen Peperbollen".	Marc Sleen	Nero, Petoetje and Petatje meet this baby elephant in the African savanna. They use it to ride to civilization.
Zulma	African Elephant	The Adventures of Nero, the album "De Verdwenen Nero".	Marc Sleen	Nero meets him in the African jungle, where poachers are trying to kill him. Nero protects him.

Mythology

Name	Species	Origin	Notes
Ganesha	Elephant God	Indian mythology	God with human body, four arms and an elephant's head.
Gajendra	Elephant God	Indian mythology	An elephant that was attacked by a crocodile and eventually saved by Vishnu
Airavata	Elephant	Indian mythology	The creator of clouds.

Media

Film

Name	Species	Origin	Notes
Shep	African Elephant (Dog)	George of the Jungle (film)	George's pet "dog" who is actually an elephant
Barry	Asian Elephant	Zookeeper (film)	An elephant from Franklin Park Zoo
Bo-Tat	Asian elephant	Operation Dumbo Drop	Bo-Tat portrayed by Tai (elephant)
Kala Nag	Asian elephant	Elephant Boy	Adaptation of Kipling's "Toomai of the Elephants"
Lucy	Asian elephant	Hannibal Brooks	Based on the true story of Olga the elephant, rescued from Vienna Zoo in 1944
Rosie	Asian elephant	Water for Elephants	Rosie portrayed by Tai (elephant)
Vera	Asian elephant	Larger than Life	Vera (also) portrayed by Tai
Whispers	African elephant	Whispers: An Elephant's Tale	An adorable baby elephant who searches his way to find his mother and the herd after being separated from poachers. Directed by Derek and Beverley Joubert

Television

Name	Species	Origin	Notes
Bump	Elephant	Bump	A very clumsy elephant with a bandage on his forehead
Donald Frump	Elephant	Rocko's Modern Life	A white elephant that appears at the Bighead House in "Who Invited You?"
George	Hippo	Rainbow	A pink hippo with blue eyes. A puppet character.
George	Hippo	George and Martha	Best friends with Martha.
Martha	Hippo	George and Martha	Best friends with George.
Mr. Snuffleupagus	Snuffleupagus	Sesame Street	Big Bird's once-then imaginary friend. A puppet character.
Nelly	Elephant	Nellie the Elephant	1989–90 UK TV cartoon series, based on the 1956 children's song
Snorky	Elephant	The Banana Splits	Member of The Banana Splits, an all-animal band. He played the keyboard.
Stampy	Elephant	The Simpsons episode "Bart Gets an Elephant"	An elephant won by Bart Simpson in a contest, Stampy was later donated to a wildlife preserve.

Animation

Name	Species	Origin	Notes
Boss Rhino	Rhinoceros	Kimba the White Lion
Besthe	Hippopotamus	The Lion Guard	The strongest member of the Lion Guard and one of Kion's friends.
Clam	Rhinoceros	Camp Lazlo	In the show
Raj	Asian elephant	Camp Lazlo	In the show
Doctor El	Elephant	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	A humanoid elephant African native.
Dumbo	Elephant	Dumbo	An elephant with big ears, and he can fly, which happens towards the end of the film.
Ellie	Woolly mammoth	Ice Age: The Meltdown	At first thinks she's a possum, until Manny convinced her that she's just like him; a mammoth. Is Peaches' mother and Manny's wife. Is more openhearted to Peaches than Manny is when her only daughter becomes an adolescent.
Elmer Elephant	Elephant	Silly Symphonies	Disney cartoon short. (Not to be confused with Elmer the Patchwork Elephant)
Elephanchine	Elephant	Fantasia	A ballet dancing obese elephant who leads other dancing elephants and gets a bubble stuck on her foot.
Flavio and Marita	Hippos	Animaniacs	Known as "the Hip Hippos", a wealthy, Spanish hippo couple obsessed with being trendy. Sometimes they have been in dangerous situations, but usually remain unaware of it and rarely suffer harm, mainly due to their large frames.
Funkfreed	Elephant	One Piece
Gloria	Hippo	Madagascar	A hippo, she acts as an older sister to the gang, often putting her foot down when the boys start to lose control.
Moto Moto	Hippo	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	A muscular hippo who likes Gloria for being huge
Hyacinth	Hippo	Fantasia	A ballet dancing hippo who leads other dancing hippos and tries to avoid Ben Ali Gator.
Roy the Rhino	Rhinoceros	The Penguins of Madagascar
Burt	Asian Elephant	The Penguins of Madagascar
Goliath II	Elephant	Goliath II	A very small elephant who has trouble fitting in with the herd
Mr. Hornbill	Rhinoceros	My Gym Partner's a Monkey
Khan Kluay	Elephant	Khan Kluay (franchise)	Two Thai film features and Thai TV series about a blue elephant.
Lotsa Heart Elephant	Elephant	Care Bears	A Care Bear Cousin. He is pink and his tummy symbol is a pink weight with a red heart on it.
Lulu	Rhinoceros	Ni Hao, Kai-Lan	A rhinoceros with balloon flying
Lumpy	"Heffalump"	Winnie-the-Pooh	(Heffridge Trumpler Brompet "Lumpy" Heffalump, IV). Heffalumps strongly resemble elephants. In: Pooh's Heffalump Movie and Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie
Mr. Mammoth	Rhinoceros	The Raccoons
Manfred "Manny"	Woolly mammoth	Ice Age	A woolly mammoth, shown as one of the main protagonists in all Ice Age films. He can be serious, but is otherwise caring and friendly.
Mumfie	Elephant	Magic Adventures of Mumfie	Created by Britt Allcroft; "Mumfie is a special little elephant who believes in goodness and friendship"
Peaches	Wooly mammoth	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs/Ice Age: Continental Drift	The daughter of Manny and Ellie.
Ethan	Woolly mammoth	Ice Age: Continental Drift	Another teenage mammoth that Peaches has a crush on.
Peter Potamus	Hippo	Peter Potamus	Big, purple, and friendly. Uses his Hippo Hurricane Holler technique to blow away his opponents.
Commander Vachir	Rhinoceros, Javan	Kung Fu Panda	A chief of security at Chorh-Gom Prison and the leader of Anvil of Heaven, a one-thousand strong army of elite battle rhinos.
Rocksteady	Rhinoceros	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	One of Shredder's lackeys. A humanoid rhino.
Taj	Elephant	Whisker Haven Tales with the Palace Pets
Wheezy	Elephant	Spooking About Africa
Bing Bong	Part-Elephant	Inside Out	Riley's Cotton Candy Imaginary Friend.

Video games

Name	Species	Origin	Notes
Rambi	Rhinoceros	Donkey Kong Country
CJ	Elephant	CJ's Elephant Antics
Ellie	Elephant	Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Murray	Hippo	Sly Cooper	Murray or "the Murray" is a strong, muscular, but slightly dim-witted and rotund Hippopotamus who serves as both the getaway driver and later team tough guy and fighter for Sly's gang. He met both Sly and Bentley when the three of them were growing up in the same orphanage.
Rolo	Elephant	Rolo to the Rescue
Taj	Elephant	Diddy Kong Racing	An elephant genie that helps Diddy and the gang throughout their adventure.

Other

• Nellie the Elephant, a song written in 1956, by Ralph Butler and Peter Hart about a fictional intelligent elephant of the same name.

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