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In some casts of animal, alien, or monster characters, World of Funny Animals or not, there is a majority species and one or more minority species. If there are animals in a cast of characters, the majority of them are going to be mammals in most works, whether the world is a [[World of Funny Animals]] or not. Understandable as humans are mammals and cats and dogs are easier to anthropomorphize than snakes. To keep the the cast of characters from being completely mammalian, the token non-mammal comes in. Usually a bird, though reptiles, amphibians, and even invertebrates are certainly not unheard of.

If there is a cast made up of anthropomorphic animals, most likely most of them are of the [[Funny Animal]]/[[Civilized Animal]] persuasion, whether the cast of animals lives in a [[Lions and Tigers And Humans Oh My]] world or a [[World of Funny Animals]]. In such a world, it's likely that one or a few of the anthropomorphic animals in the cast are of the more anthropomorphic [[Petting Zoo People]] vein. These few [[Petting Zoo People]] are called Token [[Petting Zoo People]].

If there is a cast made up of anthropomorphic animals, most likely most of them are of the [[Funny Animal]]/[[Civilized Animal]] persuasion, whether the cast of animals lives in a [[Lions and Tigers And Humans, Oh My!]] world or a [[World of Funny Animals]]. In such a world, it's likely that one or a few of the anthropomorphic animals in the cast are of the more anthropomorphic [[Petting Zoo People]] vein. These few [[Petting Zoo People]] are called Token [[Petting Zoo People]].