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* Most of the characters in ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner''.

-->'''STRONG BAD:''' I was ''this close'' to finding out whether or not you were part elephant or part hippo or something.

--->'''Wendy''': I'm not sure if it's a duck or a panda, but I ''want'' one!

* ''Literature/TheWombles'': The original books describe the Wombles as "living teddy bears" with long, mole-like claws and dense, fluffy fur coats matched to a bipedal form and a height only slightly shorter than a typical human man, though the art in the books does give them distinctly round, floppy ears and a long snout that looks vaguely like a cartoony hedgehog. This bled into the 1970s AnimatedAdapation, ''WesternAnimation/TheWombles'', which presented them more as [[RatMan bipedal hedgehogs]] with dense coats of fur instead of quills and much shorter, averaging about knee-high on a human. Also, they have subspecies include the water-adapted Water Wombles, and the Yeti, which are huge Tibetan Wombles.

* Q-chan from ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors'' is some sort of rabbit-devil creature with a cream-coloured pear-shaped body and rabbit ears, little white horns, black bat wings, a black devil tail, and black duck feet. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight No-one ever really asks what he is]]. Q-chan may be loosely based on the wolpertinger, a Bavarian hybrid creature. Essentially, it looks like a bunny, but has wings and antlers.

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** The Nu Mou in the ''VideoGame/IvaliceAlliance'' games are small and hunched over creatures with long droopy ears and a long tail. Their face and ears are similar to dogs, but they hardly look like them. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has the Nu Mou act like humanized dogs where they're compelled to obey if you use certain trigger words like "fetch" and "heel" and they are always eager to please.

* Several [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppets]], most notably the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Anything" and "Whatnot" Muppets]]. There are also specific characters, like Animal, Beauregard, and Gonzo the Great, the latter of whom was revealed to be an [[spoiler:alien]] in ''Film/MuppetsFromSpace''. Gonzo was defined as a "Weirdo" in ''WesternAnimation/{{Muppet Babies|1984}}'', and a ".... whatever" in most of his other appearances. In ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'', Kermit described him as [[{{Dissimile}} "sort of like a turkey, but not much."]] Also, in one episode, he believes that he's an anteater.

** ''Series/SesameStreet''[='=]s Anythings are kind of like cartoon humans. ''Series/TheMuppetShow'''s Whatnots tended to look like Series/{{Fraggle|Rock}}s.

* ''Literature/SomethingElse'': The main character known only as "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Something Else]]" is a blue-furred creature with big dark nose, drooping ears and humanoid fingers. Likewise, the deuteragonist, "Something", has orange fur, an elephant's trunk, and three-fingered hands.

* The hero of the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn game ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}''. Besides being a FourLeggedInsect, he doesn't seem to be based off any real-life bug- he's a green bug with the head of a praying mantis, the body of a grasshopper, and the stinger of a bee.

There are several cartoon characters who are certainly not human. However, they are also clearly not any species of readily identifiable animal either. Some of them appear to be MixAndMatchCritters, but usually they don't combine obvious elements of any real animals. They don't really have a species, they're just... [[RuleOfCute cute]].