Mudge is character from Alan Dean Foster

Alan Dean Foster

Alan Dean Foster is an American author of fantasy and science fiction. He currently resides in Prescott, Arizona, with his wife, and is also known for his novelizations of film scripts...

's Spellsinger

Spellsinger

Spellsinger is a series of fantasy novels written by Alan Dean Foster. At present the series consists of eight books, and although there was a significant gap between the writing of book six and book seven, it seems unlikely that any more will be written....

 series. He an anthropomorphic otter with a thick Cockney accent, a womanizer, a thief and a gambler who is the best friend and traveling companion of Jonathan Thomas Meriweather. These and other unsavory traits seem to be common to the otter species in the Spellsinger world, but Mudge takes it to the extreme. He initially encounters Jon-Tom after more or less colliding with him in the Bell Woods. From that chance encounter, the two quickly become reliant upon one another and form the strongest bond of any two characters in the series. After many adventures (and many more mis-adventures) with Jon-Tom the wily otter finally settled down, somewhat, married the only otter he ever loved besides himself, Weegee, and had a few children.