<p><strong>Officially, Chiko is <em>a mysterious</em>, small animal.</strong></p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.bakemono-no-ko.jp/character/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">official site (Japanese)</a> lists Chiko as,</p>
<blockquote>
<p>チコ<br />
九太と【渋谷】の路地裏で出会って以来、いつも一緒に行動している<strong>不思議な小動物</strong>。</p>
<p>Chiko<br />
<strong>A mysterious, small animal</strong> that always with Kyuuta after their meeting on a back alley in &quot;Shibuya&quot;.</p>
<p><sup>(Emphasis mine)</sup></p>
</blockquote>
<p>In contrast, the official site lists some characters with their animal characteristic:</p>
<ul>
<li>Kumatetsu: Bear (<em>kuma</em>)</li>
<li>Tatara: Old monkey</li>
<li>Hyakushuubou: Slim pig</li>
</ul>
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<p>Out-of-universe, it looks like a <em>Kesaran Pasaran</em>, a Japanese mythical creature (<em>youkai</em>) that looks like a white fluffy furball. While it has many renditions, one of them looks like this:</p>
<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/7yVjfl.png" alt="Random Kesaran Pasaran" /></p>
<p><sup>(Image posted by <a href="https://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?/topic/25546-do-you-want-a-kesaran-pasaran/&amp;do=findComment&amp;comment=1516600" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ein on Serenes Forums</a>)</sup></p>
<p><sup>PS: I only found <a href="http://www.answers.com/Q/What_are_Kesaran-pasaran" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Answers.com</a> as the best definition in English, but it doesn't conflict with <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%91%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Japanese Wikipedia</a>.</sup></p>

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<p>The pet of Kyuuta (Ren) is a fluffy ball of hair-like animal. Though Kyuuta thinks and says it is a mouse, I didn't find anything to confirm that Chiko is a mouse. </p>

<p>So what animal (<em>if</em> it is an animal) is Chiko?</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/mAX5Al.jpg" alt="Chiko"></p>

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What kind of animal is Chiko?
# What kind of animal is Chiko?
Posted by: username_0 on 2017-12-07
The pet of Kyuuta (Ren) is a fluffy ball of hair-like animal. Though Kyuuta thinks and says it is a mouse, I didn't find anything to confirm that Chiko is a mouse.

So what animal (*if* it is an animal) is Chiko?

![Chiko](https://i.sstatic.net/mAX5Al.jpg)
**Tags:** bakemono-no-ko
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## 1 answers
### Answer by username_1 on 2017-12-08. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
**Officially, Chiko is *a mysterious*, small animal.**

The [official site (Japanese)](http://www.bakemono-no-ko.jp/character/) lists Chiko as,

> チコ  
> 九太と【渋谷】の路地裏で出会って以来、いつも一緒に行動している**不思議な小動物**。
>
> Chiko  
> **A mysterious, small animal** that always with Kyuuta after their meeting on a back alley in "Shibuya".
>
> (Emphasis mine)

In contrast, the official site lists some characters with their animal characteristic:

* Kumatetsu: Bear (*kuma*)
* Tatara: Old monkey
* Hyakushuubou: Slim pig

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Out-of-universe, it looks like a *Kesaran Pasaran*, a Japanese mythical creature (*youkai*) that looks like a white fluffy furball. While it has many renditions, one of them looks like this:

![Random Kesaran Pasaran](https://i.sstatic.net/7yVjfl.png)

(Image posted by [Ein on Serenes Forums](https://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?/topic/25546-do-you-want-a-kesaran-pasaran/&do=findComment&comment=1516600))

PS: I only found [Answers.com](http://www.answers.com/Q/What_are_Kesaran-pasaran) as the best definition in English, but it doesn't conflict with [Japanese Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%91%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3).
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