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[[File:StarFox FoxMcCloud 1909.jpg|link=Star Fox Adventures|frame|[[Star Fox (series)|The godfather of]] [[Furry Fandom|furries everywhere]].]]
{{quote|''"Heaven take it away! Hippopotami should not have human hands and carry torches... men should not have the heads of crocodiles..."''
|'''[[H.P. Lovecraft]]''' and '''[[Harry Houdini]]'''{{'}}s ''[http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/up.aspx Under the Pyramids]''.}}
A Petting Zoo Person is a type of character who is so anthropomorphized that they resemble an animal's head and tail placed on an otherwise human body frame. This is a higher degree of [[Sliding Scale of Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphism]] than the [[Funny Animal]] (who retain the [http://cartooncave.blogspot.com/2009/01/anthropomorphism.html general shape and proportions of the animal]), but a step below those that are a [[Little Bit Beastly]] (whose ''only'' animal features are their [[Unusual Ears|ears]] and tail, possibly claws); in Japan, this level of anthropomorphism is referred to as "[[wikipedia:Kemono|kemono]]" (which is shortened term of ''kemono-obito'' or beast-man, and is also what [[Furry Fandom|Japanese furries]] call themselves).
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* [[The Reptilians]]
* [[Wolf Man]]
{{examples}}
== Advertising ==
* French beverage maker ''[[Orangina]]'' has a cast of characters in their commercials which are CGI animal people.▼
* [[Chuck E Cheese]], the [[Rodents of Unusual Size|giant mouse]] mascot of a chain of kids' restaurants called ''Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza''.▼
* In the 1980s, Midland Bank, a British listening bank, has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdKTYXzybrY an anthropomorphic version of their golden griffin mascot] in some of their animated commercials.▼
== Anime
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' has a whole race of them, the Beastmen.
* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', the Magical World seems mostly composed by [[Kemonomimi]]s, but there are quite a few of Petting Zoo People too. Most "Bear Mama", the bear woman who took care of some of the characters for a while.
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* Most of the supporting cast of ''[[Sonic the Comic]]'' gradually turned into this. At first they were just animals standing on two legs, usually keeping their animalistic proportions (so, for instance, pig Porker Lewis had a large belly, and rabbit Johnny Lightfoot had notably longer hind legs), but after Robotnik took over Mobius most characters started wearing clothes and assumed more humanoid proportions. Porker's the most obvious example, as his pig trotters were replaced with five-fingered hands (presumably due to his status as the team's tech expert).
* The Banfoo in ''[[Ythaq]]'' are humanoid walruses. They even use [[Fang Thpeak]] because of their tusks. Then there are humanoid cats (Feng), crocodiles (Pailleurs), bears (Skaarf), upright-walking blue furred monkeys with opposable thumbs (Flurik)…
▲* French beverage maker ''[[Orangina]]'' has a cast of characters in their commercials which are CGI animal people.
▲** American beverage enhancer ''[[Advertising/Mio|Mio]]'' appears to be following suit.
▲* [[Chuck E Cheese]], the [[Rodents of Unusual Size|giant mouse]] mascot of a chain of kids' restaurants called ''Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza''.
▲* In the 1980s, Midland Bank, a British listening bank, has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdKTYXzybrY an anthropomorphic version of their golden griffin mascot] in some of their animated commercials.
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== Fan
* Disney characters [[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Maid Marian]], [[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Gadget Hackwrench]], and [[Tale Spin|Rebecca Cunningham]] are borderline Petting Zoo People in their [[Canon]], but are usually full-on Petting Zoo People in fanart. [[Self Fanservice|This is because furries need something that caters to their personal tastes.]]
* Babs Bunny, Fifi La Fume, Rhubella Rat, and Shirly The Loon from ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' are [[Funny Animal]]s, but are often drawn as Petting Zoo People in fanart. [[Self Fanservice|Like said example above, this is because furries need something that appeals and interests them.]]
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