Boxer - (cart horse) loyal and hardworking but gullible
Clover - (mare) loyal and hardworking
Benjamin - (donkey) cynical and intelligent but doesn't get involved
Mollie - (mare) vain and self-centered
Snowball - (young pig) intelligent, progressive and a supporter of Trotsky
Napoleon - (young pig) ambitious and cunning, later becomes a dictator
Squealer - (pig) Napoleon's right-hand pig and propaganda minister
Moses - (raven) spreads stories of a better life in Sugarcandy Mountain but does nothing
The dogs - Napoleon's secret police