female "furries"

[Wilmer Rivers]

William Hathaway writes:
> A cartoon character asked why, except for the 
> occasional love interest, virtually ALL the leading animal 'toon 
> characters were male.  And one would be hard pressed to find 
> any counter-examples.  All our favorite leading characters in the 
> Disney world are male.  While we all love Grandma Duck, Daisy, 
> Minnie, ..., they are the exceptions, and rarely get staring 
> roles.  The only (non-Disney) cartoon animal? I can think of 
> is Broomhilda, who is not exactly non-human, though not exactly 
> human.  In the Disney world, there is The Little Mermaid, and 
> Beauty, but she is human.  

An animal heroine in the Disney universe is Lady, who gets first
billing ahead of the Tramp.  You might expect there to be a lot
more, given the number of female animals prominent in children's
literature (Black Beauty, Charlotte's Web, etc.).  Does Jessica
Rabbit count as a furry animal? :)

There has been a lot of talk in the comics world lately about why
Bugs Bunny dressed up like a female in so many cartoons...

In the comics world of furry annimals, but about as far from the
Disney universe as it's possible to get, perhaps the second most 
popular furry (next to the male Cerebus) is the female Omaha,
the Cat Dancer.

Wilmer Rivers
rivers at seismo.css.gov