The much-loved children's novel "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) can be read on several levels, being both a charming fairy tale about anthropomorphised animals and their adventures and also a satire on the mores of Edwardian England and the infringement of industrialisation on rural life.

The story opens with a mole ("Talpa Europaea") getting bored with his underground chore of spring cleaning and being befriended by a character Grahame calls Ratty, but who has been identified as a water vole ("Arvicola amphibious") who enjoys nothing more than messing about in boats and initiates his new friend into such pleasures.

They are lucky to have the wise counsel of a stern but kindly badger ("Meles meles") who counteracts the worst excesses of the impulsive toad (not mentioned in this question, but would be called "Bufo bufo" if he were) with his seriously irresponsible driving habits.

Although much of the novel is set in or near the water, we do not encounter the "Halichoerus grypus" - more commonly known as the grey seal!

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