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Without doubt Pip by Alan Dean Foster. I have the complete collection. Highly imaginative.
I do not recall Pip as being furry.
Nor are the robotics
If robotic companions count, where is the non-furry R. Daneel Olivaw? Granted, he might win in a landslide where robotic companions are considered.
You have to be a real old fan to remember Murgatroyd, a creation of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, better known as Murray Leinster. Murgatroyd was a companion to the Medical Corps in Leinster’s series incl. “Med Ship”
My first thought was also pip, but how about Little Fuzzy from H. Beam Piper’s books?
data cleanup, please, de-duplication. You currently have “Nimetz” “Nimitz” and “Nimitz the tree cat”. Already in first place, but another 23 votes under the other two names. I did NOT scan the entire list to see if that was the only one with duplicates, but it sure leapt out at me…
Am I the only one that considers Tarzan as a Science Fiction series. (Okay, the science involved is Social Science – but still.) Jad-bal-ja the lion made for a powerful hunting partner and protector and Nkima the monkey was a fine, light-hearted fellow traveler. Okay, it’s not the same, but Cheeta was always good for a few laughs in the Tarzan movie universe.
I had to vote for the meerkats, after all, I wrote three of the five books with Andre. But recently came across the Rainshadow series by Jayne Castle and LOVE the dust bunnies.