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Baloo | |
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The Jungle Book character | |
![]() Baloo in the 1895 edition of The Second Jungle Book | |
First appearance | "Mowgli's Brothers" |
Last appearance | The spring Running |
Created by | Rudyard Kipling |
In-universe information | |
Species | Sloth bear (described as a Brown bear in the book) |
Gender | Male |
Baloo (from Hindi: भालू bhālū "bear")[1] is a main fictional character featured in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book from 1894 and The Second Jungle Book from 1895. Baloo, a sloth bear, is the strict teacher of the cubs of the Seeonee wolf pack. His most challenging pupil is the "man-cub" Mowgli.[2] Baloo and Bagheera, the panther, save Mowgli from Shere Khan, the tiger, and endeavour to teach Mowgli the Law of the Jungle in many of The Jungle Book stories.