List of fictional pachyderms

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,^[a] the term "pachyderm" is commonly used to describe elephants, rhinoceroses, tapirs, and hippopotamuses; this list also includes extinct mammals such as woolly mammoths, mastodons, etc.

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Name	Species	Author	Work	Notes
Alexander	Elephant	Jean de Brunhoff	Babar the Elephant	Son of Babar and Celeste.^[2]
Arthur	Elephant	Jean de Brunhoff	Babar the Elephant	Cousin of Babar.^[3]
Babar	Elephant	Jean de Brunhoff	Babar the Elephant	An elephant king.^[4]
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.
Celeste	Elephant	Jean de Brunhoff	Babar the Elephant	Female cousin of Babar, with whom she eventually marries.^[5]
Chota	Asian elephant	Elif Şafak	The Architect's Apprentice	A gift to the Sultan, this very white elephant dwells in the royal menagerie when not used on construction sites. (Also mentioned are Chota's mother Pakeeza, his mate Gulbahar, his son Panj, and Mahmood, an African bush elephant who is Chota's rival for status.)
Cornelius	Elephant	Jean de Brunhoff	Babar the Elephant	Counsellor of king Babar.^[6]
Eddie	African bush elephant	Lucy Cousins	Maisy Mouse book series	A nine-year-old elephant who is one of Maisy's friends.
The Elephant Child	African bush elephant	Rudyard Kipling	Just So Stories	In "How the Elephant Got His Trunk".
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.
Flora	Elephant	Jean de Brunhoff	Babar the Elephant	Daughter of Babar and Celeste.^[7]
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.
Hathi	Asian elephant	Rudyard Kipling	The Jungle Book	Head of the jungle elephant troop; featured in several adventures with the boy, Mowgli.
Horton	Elephant	Dr. Seuss	Horton Hears a Who!	A fictional character from the books Horton Hatches the Egg^[8] and Horton Hears a Who!^[9], both by Dr. Seuss. Horton is a kind, sweet-natured elephant who cares about other animals or people.
Icebones	Mammoth	Stephen Baxter	Icebones	Major character in the novel.
Isabelle	Elephant	Jean de Brunhoff	Babar the Elephant	Daughter of Babar and Celeste.^[10]
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)^[11]	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
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.^[12]
Kala Nag	Asian elephant	Rudyard Kipling	The Jungle Book	In "Toomai of the Elephants" (Kala Nag means "Black Snake").
Kiouni	Asian elephant	Jules Verne	Around the World in Eighty Days	Carried Phileas Fogg's party through Indian jungle where rail line was incomplete.
Lily	Elephant	Anne Gutman	Penelope	^{[citation needed]}
Lord Rataxes	Rhinoceros	Jean de Brunhoff	Babar the Elephant	King of Rhinoland and the nemesis of the elephants in the franchise.
Lumpy	Elephant	Diana M. Hawkins and Kevin Collier	Lumpy the Elephant	When treated as an outcast, Lumpy surprises other toys and gains their respect.
Mr. Jumbo	Elephant	Enid Blyton	Noddy	A mild-mannered stuffed elephant.
Mud (She-Spurns)	African elephant	Barbara Gowdy	The White Bone	An adult fantasy story about African elephants; centered on Mud, a young adopted female.
Otto	Rhinoceros	Ole Lund Kirkegaard	Otto Is a Rhinoceros	Major character in the novel.
Pom	Elephant	Jean de Brunhoff	Babar the Elephant	Son of Babar and Celeste.^[13]
Poutifour	Elephant	Jean de Brunhoff	Babar the Elephant	Babar's gardener.^[14]
Silverhair	Mammoth	Stephen Baxter	Silverhair	Major character in the novel.
Solomon	Indian Elephant	José Saramago	The Elephant's Journey	Major character in the novel.
Strorks	Rhinoceros	Rudyard Kipling	Just So Stories	In "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin".
Tantor	African elephant	Edgar Rice Burroughs	Tarzan
Thunder	African elephant	Erik Daniel Shein, L. M. Reker	Thunder:An Elephant's Journey
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.
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.
Unnamed	Elephant	Elfrida Vipont	The Elephant and the Bad Baby	^{[citation needed]}
Zenobia	Asian elephant	Henry Cuyler Bunner	"Zenobia's Infidelity"	Short story adapted to Zenobia (1939 film) by Hal Roach Studios.

Name	Species	Work	Author	Notes
Brother Tim	Elephant	Jumbo Jim and Brother Tim	Bertie Brown	A humoristic British comic strip created in 1928 for Sunbeam.^[15]
Dirk Dickerdack	Hippopotamus	Tom Poes	Marten Toonder	The mayor of Rommeldam.^[16]
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.
O. Fanth Mzn	African elephant	Tom Poes	Marten Toonder	Chief editor of the local newspaper, the Rommeldamse Courant, and its sister magazine, the Rommelbode.
Hieronymus (Hip) Flask	Hippopotamus/human hybrid	Elephantmen	Richard Starkings	Created by The MAPPO Corporation; IA advisor.
Hannibal	African Elephant	The Adventures of Nero, the album "Hannibal".^[17]	Marc Sleen	Clo-Clo befriends a baby elephant, Hannibal (a reference to the Carthaginian general Hannibal, 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.
Ebenezer Hide	Elephant/human hybrid	Elephantmen	Richard Starkings	Created by The MAPPO Corporation; IA advisor.
Hippo	Hippopotamus	Jungle Jinks	Arthur White^[18] and Mabel F. Taylor^[19]	A little school child and main cast member.
Mrs. Hippo	Hippopotamus	The Bruin Boys, aka Tiger Tim	Julius Stafford Baker	A female teacher, whose species was later changed into a female bear, whereupon she was renamed Mrs. Bruin.^[20]
Jumbo	Elephant	The Bruin Boys, aka Tiger Tim	Julius Stafford Baker	One of Tiger Tim's friends.^[21]
Jumbo	Elephant	Jungle Jinks	Arthur White^[22] and Mabel F. Taylor^[23]	A little school child and main cast member.
Jumbo Jim	Elephant	Jumbo Jim and Brother Tim	Bertie Brown	A humoristic British comic strip created in 1928 for Sunbeam.^[24]
Obadiah Horn	Rhinoceros/human hybrid	Elephantmen	Richard Starkings	A businessman, created by The MAPPO Corporation.
Mama Kali	African Elephant	The Adventures of Nero, the album "Mama Kali"^[25]	Marc Sleen	Mama Kali (which means "angry mother" in Swahili) is actually Madam Pheip, who was changed into an elephant by a magic spell.
Nellyfant	Elephant	Nellyfant	Leo Baxendale and Derek Skinn.	A British gag comic about an elephant and his zookeeper. Published in Buster.^[26]
Perry Pachidermia	Elephant	Pinky	Massimo Mattioli	Cigar-chomping boss of Pinky the rabbit.^[27]
Pellefant	Elephant	Pellefant	Rune Andréasson	A blue toy elephant who came to life.
Reinhold	Rhinoceros	Reinhold das Nashorn [de],^[28] a pantomime comic	Vicco von Bülow, better known as Loriot^[29]
Rocksteady	Rhinoceros	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	David Wise and Peter Laird	Bebop's sidekick who is one of Shredder's partners.
Snoots	Elephant	Baby Snoots	Don Markstein	A baby elephant, illustrated by Don Markstein in 1970.^[30] Continued by: Snoots the Forgetful Elephant.^[31] Published by Gold Key Comics.^[32]
Thunder	Elephant	Lionel's Kingdom	Mauricio de Sousa	Thunder is also a mascot of a Brazilian brand of tomato extract.
Edward Trunk	Elephant	Rupert Bear	Mary Tourtel	A good friend of Rupert.^[33]
Zebedeus	African Elephant	The Adventures of Nero, the album "De Negen Peperbollen".^[34]	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".^[35]	Marc Sleen	Nero meets him in the African jungle, where poachers are trying to kill him. Nero protects him.

Name	Species	Origin	Notes
Airavata	Elephant	Indian mythology	The creator of clouds.
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.
Supratika	One of eight elephants who bears the world	Indian mythology	Supratika represents the north-east direction of the world.
Vinayaki	Elephant-headed Hindu Goddess	Indian mythology	An elephant-headed goddess about whom little is known but is thought to be a feminine avatar of Ganesha.

Name	Species	Origin	Notes
Shep	Elephant (Dog)	George of the Jungle (film)	George's pet "dog" who is actually an elephant
Rocky	Indian Rhinoceros	The Jungle Book	One of the animals who participates during the water truce
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	Fictional story of Lucy the elephant, rescued from Munich 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	A baby elephant who searches his way to find his mother and the herd after being separated from poachers. Directed by Derek and Beverley Joubert.
Zenobia	Asian elephant	Zenobia	A sick elephant that is cured by a country doctor (Oliver Hardy) with comical consequences

Name	Species	Origin	Notes
Bimbo	Elephant	Circus Boy	Young elephant in the care of the title character.
Bump	Elephant	Bump	A clumsy elephant with a bandage on his forehead.
Dumbo	Elephant	Dumbo's Circus	The title character about a flying elephant who now runs the circus.
Elmer	Elephant	Elmer the Elephant	1960s TV show in Chicago. Also briefly featured Elmira .
George	Hippo	Rainbow	A pink hippo with blue eyes. A puppet character.
George	Hippo	George and Martha	Best friends with Martha.
Horatio	Elephant	Sesame Street	A talking elephant who is one of the minor Muppets of the show.
Martha	Hippo	George and Martha	Best friends with George.
Mr. Snuffleupagus	Snuffleupagus	Sesame Street	Big Bird's once-then imaginary friend. A puppet character.
Peanut	Elephant	Bear in the Big Blue House	Tutter's pink plush elephant he got from the fair. Only appeared in "It's All in Your Head".
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.

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Name	Species	Origin	Notes
Alice Fefferman	Elephant	Summer Camp Island
Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant	Elephant	Adventure Time	A huge, two-headed elephant that Finn wished for.
Badou	Elephant	Babar and the Adventures of Badou	Babar's grandson and the main character of the show.
Beshte	Hippo	The Lion Guard
Bing Bong	Part-Elephant	Inside Out	Riley's Cotton Candy Imaginary Friend.
Bitsy	African Elephant	The Casagrandes	Rebecca Chang's residential elephant at the Great Lakes City Zoo.
Boss Rhino	Rhinoceros	Kimba the White Lion
Burt	Asian Elephant	The Penguins of Madagascar
Clam	Rhinoceros	Camp Lazlo	In the show
Chief Hoseynose	Elephant	Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Doctor El	Elephant (mutant)	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	A witch doctor
Dotty	Elephant	Shimmer and Shine	Leah's stuffed elephant that she got her from the fair; she can ride on roller skates
Dumbo	Elephant	Dumbo	An elephant who uses his huge ears as wings to fly.
Edwina	Elephant	My Friend Rabbit
Elephant	Elephant	WordWorld	A blue elephant that is made up of the letters E, L, E, P, H, A, N and T.
Elephanchine	Elephant	Fantasia	A ballet dancing obese elephant who leads other dancing elephants and gets a bubble stuck on her foot.
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. Voiced by Queen Latifah.
Elly	Elephant	Pocoyo	A female pink elephant who always wears a blue backpack. She loves making biscuits and tea, and has a doll that she loves. Despite her size, she is graceful and gentle, capable of ballet dancing. She is, however, bossy and generally does things her way. She usually rides around on her pink scooter.
Elmer Elephant	Elephant	Silly Symphonies	Disney cartoon short. (Not to be confused with Elmer the Patchwork Elephant)
Endugu	Elephant	My Gym Partner's a Monkey
Ethan	Woolly mammoth	Ice Age: Continental Drift	A teenage mammoth on whom Peaches has a crush.
Eugene	African Elephant	Animal Crackers
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.
Fingertip	Asian elephant	Wild Kratts	An Asian elephant calf who first appeared in Elephant Brains!. Martin named her that because of her one trunk finger. She than helped the wild kratts crew free her herd from Paisley Paver.
Funkfreed	Elephant	One Piece
Gazpacho	Mammoth	Chowder	A mammoth who works at a market.
Golias	Elephant	My Big Big Friend	A large, round, blue elephant who is Yuri's Big Big Friend.
Goliath II	Elephant	Goliath II	A very small elephant who has trouble fitting in with the herd.
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.
Horton	Elephant	Horton Hears a Who!	A 2008 adaptation of the book that talks about a big-hearted and goofy elephant who finds a way to save the speck back to the top of Mount Nool. Voiced by Jim Carrey.
Jerry Jumbeaux, Jr.	Elephant	Zootopia	An elephant who owns an ice cream parlor.
Mr. Hornbill	Rhinoceros	My Gym Partner's a Monkey
Hipster	Hippopotamus	Wild Kratts	Known as "Hipster Opotamus", is a male hippopotamus calf. Named by Martin Kratt, he made his first appearance in Race for the Hippo Disc.
Hyacinth	Hippopotamus	Fantasia	A ballet dancing hippo who leads other dancing hippos and tries to avoid Ben Ali Gator.
Julian	Woolly Mammoth	Ice Age: Collision Course	A young and courageous mammoth who is Peaches' fiancé part-time member of The Herd and The Brat Pack.
Khan Kluay	Elephant	Khan Kluay	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

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!
	Elephant	Wario World	An elephant who lives in Wonky Circus.
Mr. Hippo	Hippopotamus	Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator	A purple hippopotamus animatronic who serves in the Mediocre Melodies act, which includes his good friend Orville. Mr. Hippo speaks with a Boston/New York mixed accent and often goes on long anecdotes. In Ultimate Custom Night, after the player is killed by Mr. Hippo, he will tell minute-long stories about him and Orville in place of a short line (as most other characters in the game do).
Murray	Hippopotamus	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.
Orville	Elephant	Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator	An orange elephant animatronic who serves in the Mediocre Melodies act, which includes his good friend Mr. Hippo. Orville performs as a stage magician and speaks using an upper class London accent.
Rolo	Elephant	Rolo to the Rescue
Taj	Elephant	Diddy Kong Racing	An elephant genie that helps Diddy and the gang throughout their adventure.
Yono	Elephant	Yono and the Celestial Elephants	Main character of the indie game made by Neckbolt Studios, he is a sacred and supernatural elephant who helps bring peace to a kingdom home to humans, sentient robots and the undead.
Mammoth	Woolly mammoth	Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex	Lives in Arctic Antics.
Divine Beast Vah Ruta	Elephant	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	A robot resembling an African elephant built to oppose Calamity Ganon
Tembo	Elephant	Tembo the Badass Elephant