Benjamin (Animal Farm) Benjamin (Animal Farm) Benjamin is a donkey in George Orwell's novel "Animal Farm". He is also the oldest of all the animals (he is alive in the last scene of the novel). He is less straightforward than most characters in the novel, and a number of interpretations have been put forward to which social class he represents as regards to the Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union. ("Animal Farm" is an allegory for the evolution of Communism in Russia, with each animal representing a different social class, e.g. Boxer represents the working class.) Benjamin also represents the old people of
Ursus minimus modern Asian black bears. Sites and specimen ages: Ursus minimus Ursus minimus (Auvergne bear) is an extinct species of bear, endemic to Europe during the Pliocene and Pleistocene, living from 5.3—1.8 Mya, existing for about . "U. minimus" appears to have given rise to "Ursus etruscus". The range of "U. minimus" was continental Europe and as far east as the Black Sea in Russia. Its southern range was Italy. The skeleton of "U. minimus" was very similar to that of the larger Asian black bear. With the exception of the age of the bones, it is often difficult to distinguish