Hathi
| Hathi | |
|---|---|
| The Jungle Book character | |
Hathi as illustrated by W. H. Drake in the 1895 edition of The Two Jungle Books | |
| First appearance | "Kaa's Hunting" |
| Last appearance | "Letting in the Jungle" |
| Created by | Rudyard Kipling |
| In-universe information | |
| Nickname | Colonel Hathi |
| Species | Indian elephant |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Colonel |
| Children | 3 |
Hathi is a fictional character created by Rudyard Kipling for the Mowgli stories collected in The Jungle Book (1894) and The Second Jungle Book (1895). Hathi is an elephant that lives in the Seeoni jungle. Kipling named him after hāthī (हाथी), the Hindi word for "elephant".