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unusual facts about anthropomorphic animals



Heathen City

While the story takes place in existing modern locations and references real-world persons and events (such as the Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans), all characters are portrayed as anthropomorphic animals (albeit in modern clothes).


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Caricatures of Charles Darwin and his evolutionary theory in 19th-century England

Precursors for the depiction of anthropomorphic animals were the works of Grandville who portrayed individuals for example in Les Métamorphoses du jour (1828–29) with the bodies of men and faces of animals.

Juuni Senshi Bakuretsu Eto Ranger

The Eto Rangers are anthropomorphic animals, each representing one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals (and The Twelve Branches in Buddhism).

Lego Legends of Chima

Chima is a land where anthropomorphic animals lived in peace with one another until a conflict caused a civil war with the 8 animal tribes: Lion, Eagle, Raven, Wolf, Gorilla, Rhino, Bear, and Crocodile.

Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo

The game is a sideways-scrolling adventure, where Miyamoto Usagi has to defeat opponents in sword fights, and also have encounters with other characters (also anthropomorphic animals), for example priests, who usually carry a cane and utter Zen Buddhist koans, such as "if you see the Buddha on the path, kill him".

The Busy World of Richard Scarry

However, episodes featuring other anthropomorphic animals, like Couscous catching Pépé le Gangstaire and his dirty rats, Sam and Dudley, Sneef, Cucumbers and Pickles, and etc. have taken place outside of Busytown in other places around the world.

The Mistmantle Chronicles

The Mistmantle Chronicles, by M. I. McAllister, are a series of books about anthropomorphic animals which feature the life of a pale, honey-colored Eurasian red squirrel named Urchin.