| Character/s | Species | Author | Work | Notes |
| Ratty | Water Rat | Kenneth Grahame | The Wind in the Willows | |
| Templeton | Rat | E. B. White | Charlotte's Web | |
| Pattertwig | Squirrel | C. S. Lewis | Prince Caspian | |
| Reepicheep | Mouse | C. S. Lewis | The Chronicles of Narnia | Reepicheep is a minor character in Prince Caspian, a major character in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and appears briefly in The Last Battle. |
| Tucker | Mouse | George Selden | Cricket in Times Square | Tucker appears in three additional books by George Selden: Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse Tucker's Countryside and Harry Cat's Pet Puppy. |
| Ralph | Mouse | Beverly Cleary | The Mouse and the Motorcycle | Ralph appears in two additional books by Beverly Cleary: Runaway Ralph and Ralph S. Mouse. |
| Stuart Little | Mouse | E. B. White | Stuart Little | A realistic fantasy about a talking mouse born to two human parents in New York City, United States |
| Matthias | Mouse | Brian Jacques | Redwall | Matthias is an anthropomorphic mouse, appearing in the Redwall series. Later called Matthias the Warrior, Matthias is a male mouse of Redwall Abbey |
| Roscuro | Rat | Kate DiCamillo | The Tale of Despereaux | |
| Little Tricker | Squirrel | Ken Kesey
Barry Moser | Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear | A wily, street-smart red squirrel, who is the main protagonist of the book |
| Angelina Ballerina | Mouse | Katharine Holabird | Angelina Ballerina | A young mouse with a passion for dancing. Lives in the fictional town Chipping Cheddar, similar to 1920s London. |
| Poppy | Mouse | Avi | Poppy | A young deer mouse living in a forest trying to stay safe from the clutches of a nefarious owl. |
| Character/s | Species | Comic | Notes |
| Hammy | Squirrel | Over the Hedge | A hyperactive squirrel, Hammy is the least intelligent, though also the most lovable character in the strip, spouting random comments at random moments. His comments usually state an unusually short lecture on a topic of little interest to the other characters. The character started the strip as "Hammy," but the character was replaced by "Sammy." |
| Princess Sally Acorn | Chipmunk | Sonic the Hedgehog | The co-leader of the Freedom Fighters alongside Sonic. She was created as a character for the Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon, and then used in the comic as well. As Princess to the King he once overthrew, and now leader of a rebellion, Robotnik views her as a threat. She wishes to overthrow Robotnik and free her father from the void. A romantic relationship is often shown with Sonic, though often feelings towards other characters, such as Geoffrey St. John, and Monkey Kahn, have arisen as well. |
| Rat | Rat | Pearls Before Swine | Rat is a narcissistic, misanthropic rat and an antihero. He frequently breaks the fourth wall, as well as being aware of his existence as a fictional comic strip character. Because of this, Rat is often critical of the comic strip's style and artwork as well as the other characters in the strip and many other living things. Rat is an insensitive character in the strip, whose interactions with others are typically sarcastic, condescending, self-centered, insulting and sometimes violent. |
| Ratbert | Rat | Dilbert | Ratbert first appeared in a lab and escaped to Dilbert's home, albeit without Dilbert's welcome. Scott Adams had intended for the character to appear for a single arc, but he returned by popular demand. For a long time, Ratbert struggled to find love and respect at home or in a workplace. His innocence and cuteness won the sympathy of the audience and eventually Adams himself, so Dilbert accepted him as part of the family. |
| Character/s | Species | Television show | Notes |
| Archer the Squirrel | Eastern gray squirrel | Midnight Planet | Midnight Planet's pet squirrel. |
| Chuck Gopher | Gopher | Gophers! | The head of the Gopher family. Played by Lou Hirsch. |
| Door Mouse | Mouse | Team Umizoomi | Helps the team with various math problems |
| Gordon T. Gopher | Gopher | Gordon the Gopher | First appeared on presenting television shows in 1985–1987 with Phillip Schofield on the interstitial or in-vision continuity programme The Broom Cupboard. His main puppeteer was Paul Smith. |
| Hammy | Hamster | Tales of the Riverbank | Curious and kind and lives in an old boot on the Riverbank. |
| Miami Mice | Mouse | Sesame Street | The two detective mice that appeared on the Sesame Street segment, Miami Mice. They are based on Miami Vice. |
| Oscar the Wonder Rodent | Rat | The Cheap Show | Part of the bonus round, who goes down a hole in a spinning wheel to determine the grand prize. |
| Rat-In-A-Hat | Rat | Bananas In Pyjamas | The shopkeeper of Cuddles Avenue. |
| Rattus P. Rattus | Rat | The Ferals | A puppet character. He is a black rat with Ochre eyes, a mischievous sense of humour, has a love of foul odors and wears a leather jacket. He is the leader of the ferals. |
| Rizzo the Rat | Rat | The Muppet Show | A recurring character in the show and Gonzo's partner in films. |
| Roland Rat | Rat | Various | Popular British television puppet character. |
| Tutter | House mouse | Bear in the Big Blue House | - |
| Character | Species | Work | Notes |
| Mickey Mouse | Mouse | Mickey Mouse | A cartoon character created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at The Walt Disney Studio. Mickey is an anthropomorphic black mouse and typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves. He is one of the most recognizable cartoon characters in the world and is the mascot of The Walt Disney Company, the world's largest media conglomerate in terms of annual revenue.
Mickey debuted in November 1928 in the animated cartoon Steamboat Willie after initially appearing in a test screening earlier that year. Mickey appeared primarily in short films, but also in a few feature-length films. Nine of Mickey's cartoons were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, one of which, Lend a Paw, won the award in 1942. In 1978, Mickey became the first cartoon character to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
| Minnie Mouse | Mouse | Mickey Mouse | Mickey Mouse's girlfriend who first appeared in Steamboat Willie alongside him in 1928. In the 1930s, Minnie wore her eye shadow, her flower hat and short flapper girl skirt, and a pair of large high heels. Nowadays she wears her oversized ribbon bow on her hair and her short-skirted dress. At the Disney theme parks, Minnie wears her iconic red and white polka-dotted dress and bow.
In 2018, Minnie joined the ranks of other animated celebrities by receiving her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
| Nigel Ratburn | Rat | Arthur | Arthur's strict but lovable 3rd-grade teacher. |
| Speedy Gonzales | Mouse | Looney Tunes | Speedy Gonzales is an anthropomorphic mouse in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He is portrayed as "The Fastest Mouse in all Mexico" with his major traits being the ability to run extremely fast and speaking with an exaggerated Mexican accent. He usually wears an oversized yellow sombrero, white shirt and trousers, and a red kerchief, similar to that of a reveler in the San Fermin festival. |
| Jerry | Mouse | Tom and Jerry | Jerry is a brown mouse from the Tom and Jerry cartoons. |
| Mighty Mouse | Mouse | Mighty Mouse | Mighty Mouse is an American animated anthropomorphic superhero mouse character created by the Terrytoons studio for 20th Century Fox. |
| Secret Squirrel | Squirrel | The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show | Secret Squirrel is Agent 000, in a parody of the spy genre |
| Master Splinter | Rat | TMNT | An aged anthropomorphic rat that is the adoptive father and martial arts master of the Ninja Turtles Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello. |
| Bubble | Mouse | Tube Mice | - |
| Squeak | Mouse | Tube Mice | - |
| Lemmiwinks | Gerbil | South Park | The fourth grade class pet. He first appears in the episode The Death Camp of Tolerance, in which he's inserted into the ass of Mr. Slave and must undergo a spiritual journey through the digestive system. |
| Name | Type | Game | Notes |
| Conker | Squirrel | Diddy Kong Racing | Protagonist and main character in the Conker series. In the newer games, Conker is a greedy, heavy drinking, red squirrel. Conker, though highly materialistic, always approaches new characters with a positive outlook. In Conker's Pocket Tales, he rescues his girlfriend, Berri, from the Evil Acorn; the same version of Conker appears in Diddy Kong Racing, where he is a playable character and that game marks his first appearance. |
| Hammond | Hamster | Overwatch | Playable hero in Overwatch, also known as Wrecking Ball. He is an intelligent hamster who controls a quadrupedal robot mecha that can transform into a high-speed wrecking ball equipped with a grappling hook. |
| Mappy | Mouse | Mappy | The game's main character itself is a mouse. Mappy runs on Namco Super Pac-Man hardware, modified to support horizontal scrolling. The name "Mappy" is likely derived from mappo, a Japanese slang term for a policeman. |
| New Rat City | Rat | Rat Chaos | An "Avatar of Rats" that appears after the player unleashes "rat chaos" on board the spaceship. It offers to take the player to the Planet of Rat, and also begins a stream of consciousness narrative about bullying, depression, and self-loathing. The character won the XYZZY Award for Best Individual NPC in 2012. |
| Twitch | Rat | League of Legends | A playable Champion in League of Legends that was mutated into an anthropomorphic rat with human level intelligence a la toxic waste. |
| Mole Knight | Knight, Mole | Shovel Knight | A boss in the game Shovel Knight, and a member of No Quarter. In the game, he is seen trying to make the underworld his own place, and stealing gems and money along the way. |
| Character/s | Species | Use | Notes |
| Chuck E. Cheese | Rat, later mouse | Chuck E. Cheese's pizza restaurant | Formerly Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre and Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza. Originally a rat, but retconned into a mouse in 1997. |
| Digger | Gopher | NASCAR on Fox camera icon | Character is shown in the corner of the camera, starting with the 2009 Daytona 500. |
| Gary the Squirrel | Squirrel | The Best Show with Tom Scharpling | Puppet controlled by the show's host, frequently busts on call screener/associate producer Mike |
| Kia Soul Hamsters | Hamsters | Kia Soul commercials | A trio of hamsters who do various gimmicks to represent the KIA Soul car |
| Mitzi Mozzarella | Mouse | The Rock-afire Explosion from Showbiz Pizza Place | A female mouse who was the only female character in the band. |
| Parka | Beaver | Parks Canada | The mascot for the Canadian park |
| The Nutty Squirrels | Squirrels | Shirley, Squirrely and Melvin | A scat singing virtual band, formed in the late 1950s with the song "Uh-Oh". |
| Scouse | Mouse | Scouse the Mouse | A children's album, released in the UK in 1977, that featured the vocals of Ringo Starr and others. |
| Nutino | Squirrel | Nutino commercials | A mascot for the Australian hazelnut spread brand . Typically animated or puppeteered. |
| The Go Gopher | Gopher | Go programming language | Mascot for the Go Programming language |
