Meerkats •
Billy is an adventurous, clumsy, easily scared but good-hearted meerkat who wants to find water to drink - to collect which he carries a bottle made out of an orange gourd, complete with cork. He also likes to golf, drum and sing. •
Bonnie - Billy's wife and loyal but concerned member of the meerkat family. She has tan fur and light brown eyes compared to her husband's gray fur and green eyes. •
Junior - the son of Billy and Bonnie who aspires to do some of the things his father does, such as collecting water in a gourd. •
Other meerkats - often tease Junior about his father's promise, but are convinced at the end.
Other animals •
Socrates - A vegetarian
lion with a scar on his face and Billy's best friend. •
Angie - The
elephant with blond hair tied in a ponytail. •
Giselle - A
reticulated giraffe with makeup on her face and blond bangs on her head. She is also Angie's best friend. •
Winston - An elderly male
Galápagos tortoise who has been alive for more than 700 years. He's 12 years older than his wife, Winifred. He dies shortly before the climax of the film. •
Winifred - An elderly female
Galápagos tortoise and Winston's wife who is also more than 700 years old. She and her husband die shortly before the film's climax. •
Charles - The French-accented
rooster who leads the other animals on some revolution against human oppression, originally served as food on a cruise ship. •
Sushi - A
polar bear who has escape from her home because of
global warming. •
Toby - A
kangaroo with an obsession for
canned beer. •
Ken - A hippie
koala who's been rescued after the outback on fire. •
Smiley - The
Tasmanian devil whom Toby befriends. In addition to his lack of intelligence, clumsiness and inability to speak, Smiley is notorious for his terrible flatulence, but he is also caring, friendly and loyal. •
Toto - The
chimpanzee who served as an animal test subject at the hotel. •
Biggie - A red-haired
southern white rhinoceros who fights Chino in a butting over water. •
Chino - An
African Buffalo who fights Biggie. •
Bob - The
aardvark who trumpets like an elephant. •
The Leopard- A
black panther who lives in the canyon. •
Bongo - A
maroon leaf monkey that works as a hairdresser for other animals and also poses as an oracle.
Humans •
Mr. Smith - the tour guide of the hotel who initially cares nothing more but making money. At the end, when the animals have got their water back, his hotel goes bankrupt. •
Maya Smith - Smith's animal-loving daughter. •
Hunter - an unnamed selfish and unscrupulous poacher, the main
antagonist. ==Voice cast==