fictional animals
Made-up beast characters
Fictional animals are creatures invented for stories, games, or other imaginative works—dragons, unicorns, phoenixes, and the like.
The term covers both wholly imaginary beings and real animals given human traits or fantastical abilities: The book featured fictional animals that could speak and reason.
Distinguished from cryptids, which some believe actually exist.
- Mickey MouseCartoon rodent mascot
- Cheshire CatFading striped feline
- mermaidFish-tailed ocean woman
- dragonLegendary fire-breathing reptile
- PegasusDivine airborne horse
Smaug · jackalope · phoenix · Pikachu · qilin · unicorn · Cerberus · bunyip · chimera · griffin · hippogriff · Bugs Bunny · Road Runner · Aslan · Big Bad Wolf · Winnie-the-Pooh · Sonic the Hedgehog · Nyan Cat
- animal mediawildlife documentaries, nature programs
fictional animalsliving creatures
Entities possessing biological processes
wildlife · wild animals · farm animals · pets · livestock
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