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| - Similar to Animal Jingoism. Also see Animal Stereotypes. There is a tendency, especially in animated works involving animal characters, often Funny Animals or Talking Animals, to cast characters of a certain species as bad guys and characters of a different species as the good guys. This trope is invoked whenever a work attempts to inform the audience who the good guys and who the bad guys are based solely on their species. When Species Coding is used as a metaphor for racism, it becomes Fantastic Racism. This is different from Animal Jingoism in that here, there may or may not be a natural hatred, and that one side is definitely evil and the other side is definitely good. Keep in mind that not every animal character in a work is necessarily going to align with the alignment most associated with their species. Aversions do occur and is completely up to the discretion of the individual creator. The following list is not meant to pass judgement on the value of the species listed, but simply to associate the species with the alignment most often associated them when species coding is involved. Not every work will employ species coding and thus alignment of the characters will remain independent of the character's species, leaving the species of each character to be an aesthetic choice rather than a visual cue towards their alignment. These works are not examples and should not be listed.
* Alligators and especially Crocodiles (May double as Predators Are Mean)
* Bats
* Birds in some cases, more specifically ducks, Ravens and Crows, vultures, and parrots (though parrots are often portrayed as either good as well as nice, Good Is Not Nice, or Jerks With A Heart Of Gold as well)
* Bugs
* Cats (though they can be good as well as nice, Good Is Not Nice, or Jerks With A Heart Of Gold as well)
* Ducks (though they can be either good and nice, Good Is Not Nice, Jerks With A Heart Of Gold as well, not just evil, mean, or bad)
* Humans (Like it or not, we're nearly always the villains, though children are often exceptions)
* Hyenas
* Many Predators
* Rats
* Ravens and Crows (though ravens are Guile Heroes in Pacific Northwest Native American folklore).
* Reptiles, especially Snakes
* Sharks
* Spiders
* Weasels (ferrets aren't portrayed so negatively though)
* Dogs
* Dolphins
* Elephants
* Mice especially when paired with villainous felines.
* Otters
* Butterflies
* Most Herbivores
* Pandas
* Penguins
* Swans
* Turtles
* Skunks (Usually as Comic Relief)
* Woodland Creatures
* Bears
* Bears can be bad
* Or they can be good
* Bees
* Good Bees
* Bad Bees
* Foxes
* Monkeys
* Bad Monkeys
* Good Monkeys
* Owls
* Bad Owls
* Good Owls
* Pigs
* Rabbits and Hares
* Good Rabbits and Hares
* Bad Rabbits and Hares
* Wolves
* Humans, cats, parrots, and ducks, as noted above, can be either/or as well. See also Color Coded for Your Convenience and Dress-Coded for Your Convenience for when you want to do this with Non-Non-Humans. See What Measure Is a Non-Cute?. Whenever you expect the above codes to hold true, but they don't, you may be dealing with a Killer Rabbit Examples of Species-Coded for Your Convenience include:
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