Characters
- Mowgli - A jungle boy
- Father Wolf - Raksha's mate
- Raksha - An Indian Wolf
- Mang - A Bat
- Bagheera - A Black Panther
- Baloo - A Sloth bear
- Kaa - An Indian python
- Tabaqui - A Golden jackal
- Akela - An Indian wolf
- Jacala - A Mugger Crocodile
- The Dhole
- Ikki - A Porcupine
- Hathi - An Indian elephant
- Grey Brother - One of Mother and Father Wolf's cubs. In a later Mowgli story written by Kipling titled "In the Rukh", Grey Brother is depicted as still living with Mowgli even after Mowgli has grown-up, and watching over his infant son. (Presumably Grey Brother remains with Mowgli, for the rest of His (Grey Brother's) life).
- Ko - A Crow
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