Mowgli does not have any pets in the Jungle Books. Rikki-tikki-tavi is a character from a different short story & is Teddy's pet mongoose.
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
The pet mongoose in the children's story "The Jungle Book" is named Rikki Tikki Tavi. His owner, Mowgli, was an Indian boy raised by wolves in the Indian Jungle.
Rikki Tikki Tavi.
Because he is especially susceptible to hydrophobia (rabies). The jungle animals call it dewanee (the madness) and run away.
His boyhood pet dog.