They're just called Tanookis.
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 5 words with the pattern T--U-I-. That is, seven letter words with 1st letter T and 4th letter U and 6th letter I. In alphabetical order, they are: tabulis tanukis torulin tsouris tubulin
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern TAN-K--. That is, seven letter words with 1st letter T and 2nd letter A and 3rd letter N and 5th letter K. In alphabetical order, they are: tanukis
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 3 words with the pattern TAN--I-. That is, seven letter words with 1st letter T and 2nd letter A and 3rd letter N and 6th letter I. In alphabetical order, they are: tanghin tantric tanukis
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 12 words with the pattern -A-U-I-. That is, seven letter words with 2nd letter A and 4th letter U and 6th letter I. In alphabetical order, they are: daturic kabukis lazulis manumit pagurid paludic parulis patulin raoulia salukis tabulis tanukis
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 5 words with the pattern T---K-S. That is, seven letter words with 1st letter T and 5th letter K and 7th letter S. In alphabetical order, they are: talukas tanukis thickos titokis troikas
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 5 words with the pattern --N-K-S. That is, seven letter words with 3rd letter N and 5th letter K and 7th letter S. In alphabetical order, they are: gingkos janskys kanakas manukas tanukis
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 8 words with the pattern T---KI-. That is, seven letter words with 1st letter T and 5th letter K and 6th letter I. In alphabetical order, they are: tanukis thickie titokis toolkit traikit trickie truckie twinkie
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 9 words with the pattern ---UKI-. That is, seven letter words with 4th letter U and 5th letter K and 6th letter I. In alphabetical order, they are: adsukis adzukis buzukia buzukis droukit kabukis ploukie salukis tanukis
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern T---KIS. That is, seven letter words with 1st letter T and 5th letter K and 6th letter I and 7th letter S. In alphabetical order, they are: tanukis titokis
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 8 words with the pattern --N-KI-. That is, seven letter words with 3rd letter N and 5th letter K and 6th letter I. In alphabetical order, they are: canakin canikin finikin manakin manikin minikin nonskid tanukis
It's a troll.The name "Totoro" comes from Mei mispronouncing the word "tororu" which is the Japanese word for Troll.Basically, he is a spirit of the forest. Totoro is not a traditional Japanese character: he came completely from Miyazaki's imagination. However, he is obviously a mixture of several animals: tanukis (the Japanese version of raccoons), cats (the pointed ears and the facial expressions), and owls (the chevron markings on their chests and the "ooo"-ing sound they make with their ocarinas at night).