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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.stack.imgur.com/mAX5Al.jpg)


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What kind of animal is Chiko?


**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

* * *

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.stack.imgur.com/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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