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* The birds and pigs from older installments of the ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'' franchise seem to be this, most notably in ''WesternAnimation/AngryBirdsToons''. None of the characters wear clothes ([[AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal aside from a few hats and accessories]] by some characters), and they can only speak in [[SpeakingSimlish gibberish]]. While the Bad Piggies live in a medieval-style village, the birds often sleep in nests or in trees outside. The characters were given an AnthropomorphicShift in ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie'' series, near CivilizedAnimal territory. The characters can now speak, and the birds live in villages.

* ''Manga/TwilightStarSuiAndNeri'': Animals [[spoiler:in Tetsunagi]] are seen co-existing with humans in TheFuture. They all speak, wear clothing, do day-to-day duties and talk like humans. [[spoiler:However, ''outside'' of Tetsunagi is the very opposite where virtually no animals are sapient in other cities. This is mostly due to Tetsunagi being firstly created from a union between sentient animals and humans originating from a research lab.]]

* ''Manga/TwilightStarSuiAndNeri'': Animals [[spoiler:in Tetsunagi]] are seen co-existing with humans in TheFuture. They all speak, wear clothing and talk like humans, despite being animals [[spoiler:as revealed that they are the ancestors of the original inhabitants of Tetsunagi from a research lab.]] [[spoiler:However, ''outside'' of Tetsunagi is the very opposite where virtually no animals are sapient.]]

* ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'''s universe is a WorldOfFunnyAnimals in which they're still very obviously animals. The series is full of {{Furry Reminder}}s, with the very premise deconstructing CarnivoreConfusion. Kevin and Kell are an inter-species couple (wolf and rabbit) in a world where it's normal for anthropomorphic animals to hunt other anthropomorphic animals.

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%% * ''Webcomic/{{CHEVALIER}}'' This romantic fantasy adventure webcomic is a great example. [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Chevalier Here]]

** The students in the non-canon PC [[EdutainmentGame edutainment]] title ''Sonic's Schoolhouse'', who mention that they have realistic animal eating habits, etc in the field trip videos.

* Luxor from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tutenstein}}'' can speak, is a loyal servant to the Pharoah, and sometimes walks on 2 legs and engages in human-like behaviors ()for example, being able to run an ice cream machine in "Bedhety Late Than Never") but he generally acts like a normal cat and is Cleo's pet. It's implied the Scepter of Was gave him these human behaviors including being able to speak (he was a normal cat before Tut was awakened

* ''WesternAnimation/FetchWithRuffRuffman'': Ruff is shown to be more civilized than most dogs, such as perfering Chinese food instead of kibble, the fact that he hosted a real game show, and when he breaks his leg and has to wear a [[ConeOfShame Cone]], Unlike all dogs, Ruff doesn't want to lick any wound at all. but he still has some noticeable dog traits, such as liking Speaky Toys and living in a doghouse,

* An InUniverse example with ''Mr Bunnsy Has an Adventure'' (and sequels) in ''Literature/TheAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents'', which seems to be the Discworld version of both ''Peter Rabbit'' and ''Wind in the Willows''. The Educated Rodents (who are {{Uplifted Animal}}s rather than Civilised Animals) find the concept intriguing and bewildering.

* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'': The titular mice walk on two legs, talk, and sometimes wear clothes, but they usually live in a cage like normal lab mice would. The other mice in the show generally fit this trope, except Mousey Galore.
* For certain values of "civilized", WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy much of the time, in particular in episodes like "Big House Blues" and "Man's Best Friend".
* Some of ''WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons'' characters (Droopy, Screwy Squirrel, etc.).

* Ellsworth Bheezer and Bruto the mynah birds from the ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse.

* Ellsworth Bheezer and Bruto the mynah birds from the ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse.

* The sentient canid species in ''WebComic/{{Wurr}}'' (at least the two to which we've been officially introduced). No clothing beyond the occasional collar, and very canine body language and (for the most part) behavior. However, the hounds seem to at least build shrines to the deceased, while the dogs have tents, jewelry, and currency.

* Most of the animals in ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain.'' The corgis in "The Corgi Car" and the turtles in "The Unfinished Car" have their own monarchies, while [[ConArtist The Cat]] is running a new business/con every time that we meet her. They all wear limited clothes and generally walk on all fours, though.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'': All the animal characters can walk and talk, and--super spy antics of the titular penguins aside--they all generally desire whatever their real life animal would like (or is stereotyped to like, such as Burt the elephant eating peanuts.)
* ''WesternAnimation/SantasChristmasCrash'': Santa's two reindeer, Romuald and Joe. They both wear Christmas sweaters, can speak English, and Romuald is seen at the start of the film standing on his hind legs at a stove, stirring in a pot.

* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
** Many of the animal characters, including WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck, [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner Wile E. Coyote]], and WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird.
** WesternAnimation/BugsBunny belongs in this trope. Although his behavior is entirely human, he still lives in a burrow and has to worry about being hunted or eaten. There was an odd situation in the cartoon "Hare Splitter" where Bugs and his rival live in furnished burrows and wear only their fur, while their contested girlfriend lives in a frame house and is fully dressed. In a segment of ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'', Bugs must prove he is a real rabbit to a group of "actual" rabbits (who are [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]]). As a Civilized Animal, Bugs is mostly able to perform the tasks the other rabbits ask of him but always pulls them off in an oddly "human" way (like digging a burrow that looks like an "outdated condo").
** The same applies to WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck (although he tends towards Funny Animal in later works), and a lot of other WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes animal characters.
** Sylvester's characterization ranged from being a normal cat to being a Funny Animal, but he usually fit either this trope or the TalkingAnimal trope.
* Also the same with a lot of the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' animal characters like Buster, Babs, and Plucky.
** Furball is usually portrayed as a normal cat who can walk on two legs, but was also sometimes portrayed as a Funny Animal or a Civilized Animal.
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* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'': The titular mice walk on two legs, talk, and sometimes wear clothes, but they usually live in a cage like normal lab mice would. The other mice in the show generally fit this trope, except Mousey Galore.
* Some of ''WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons'' characters (Droopy, Screwy Squirrel, etc.).
* For certain values of "civilized", WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy much of the time, in particular in episodes like "Big House Blues" and "Man's Best Friend".
* ''WesternAnimation/LittleBear''.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Franklin}}'', both the books and TV series.
* ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'', as far as you can say for stuffed animals. Except for the {{Nearly Normal Animal}}s, Buster, Small, and the squirrels from ''My Friends Tigger and Pooh'', some of the characters are {{Talking Animal}}s and some of them belong in this trope.

* Rodents, cats and other domestic animals are like this in ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' when humans aren’t watching. They use clothes and in the case of the rodents they made a lot of artifacts from home appliances and garbage including dirigibles and a space faring rocket.
* ''WesternAnimation/FatherOfThePride''
* ''WesternAnimation/CuriousGeorge'', unlike the other animals.
* WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale in the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts are {{Partially Civilized Animal}}s, but otherwise, they fit squarely in this trope.

* Gromit, of ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'', is a bit of an odd case: he alternates between acting like a dog and acting like a person, he often acts as a direct partner to Wallace, who seems to consider him a peer at the very least, and [[SilentSnarker he never talks]], making it hard to pin him in either category. In general, he seems to have fully human intelligence and capabilities aside from his lack of speech, but is content to act doglike when relaxed. Shorts tend to vary by RuleOfFunny on whether people consider Gromit to be sapient or not, though characters actually treating him like a dog is usually shown as patronizing.
* A few of the "non-anthro" animals in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode, "The Great Lint Rush," especially Toady Wartface, Mr. Toad ([[Literature/TheWindInTheWillows No, not that one]]), and a lizard that showed up.
* Most of the animals in ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'' can talk, and the ''Troodon''s in particular have invented CasualTimeTravel and all sorts of modern-style vehicles, but they mainly live in the wilderness.
* The eponymous equines of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' occupy a weird, nebulous intermediary zone between this and Funny Animal. On the one hand, they live in houses and in a lot of ways their day-to-day lives paint them more as quadrupedal humans than mildly anthropomorphic horses. On the other, the creators researched a lot of horse behavior and incorporated it into the characters' body language, Rarity's song "Art Of The Dress" and the accompanying visuals account for equine physiology in a way that ''also'' betrays extensive research, and wherever possible they avoided having the ponies use their hooves for fine manipulation.

* Ratty and Mole from ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'' often show shades of this.

* The heroes and villains of ''WesternAnimation/KulipariAnArmyOfFrogs'' are all this. Frogs, turtles, platypuses, wallabies, and possums are all good and civilized. Most (but not all) spiders, scorpions, bats and paralysis ticks are evil.
* The ''WesternAnimation/GummiBears'' are not only civilized bears in their universe, they are said to be ''more'' civilized than humans: they developed advance engineering and technology in the Middle Ages, built large cities and where capable of transoceanic travel much earlier than humans.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'': At the beginning of the series the episodes started with the lives of a forest ranger and his children living in a shack with two dogs, unaware that their dogs are sentient and actually (well, one of them) can talk and walk and have a friendship with forest animals that live in a pretty civilized environment with buildings, roads and automobiles. Cyril Sneer’s mansion, for example, is much bigger and luxurious that the ranger’s humble shack. One can only wonder how the ranger never sees any of this, he should be very lazy at his work.
* Considering that ''WesternAnimation/LosTrotaMusicos'' (a dog, a cat, a donkey and a rooster) can sing and play instruments, they are pretty civilized.
* The school animals in ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'', after all, they are going to school. Even their design is evocative of the classic Civilized Animal pictures in children's book.

* The animals in ''VideoGame/{{Lugaru}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Overgrowth}}''. They're more barbaric than "civilized," though.

* Much like [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the world it was based on]], ''VideoGame/ThemsFightinHerds'' has the world of Foenum and its sentient ungulate inhabitants, who slide less towards the scale of FunnyAnimal and even closer to this trope than even the ponies do.