Editing Animal token

|image=[[File:Rambi Token.png|100px]] [[File:Expresso Token.png|100px]]<br>[[File:Enguarde Token.png|100px]] [[File:Winky Token.png|100px]]<br>In clockwise order: a Rambi Token, an Expresso Token, an Enguarde Token, and a Winky Token

|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[list of games by date#1994|1994]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[list of games by date#2003|2003]])

'''Animal tokens'''<ref>{{cite|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' instruction booklet|page=19|date=1994|language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=Fleetway>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Jungle Action Special''|page=34}}</ref> (also formatted as '''Animal Tokens'''),<ref name=Fleetway/> also known as '''Golden Tokens''',<ref name=SNES>{{cite|date=1994|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' Player's Guide|page=23}}</ref> '''Golden Statues''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 68|page=56|date=November 1994}}</ref> '''Golden Medallions''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 66|page=11 and 15|date=November 1994}}</ref> and '''statues''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 26 (NMS Special)|date=November 1994|page=10-11}}</ref> are large collectible golden figures of all four mountable [[Animal Friend]]s in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''. The specific ones include the '''[[Rambi]] Token'''<ref name=Rambi>{{cite|date=1994|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' Player's Guide|page=111}}</ref> (or '''Rambi Medallion'''),<ref name=Rambi/> the '''[[Expresso]] Token'''<ref>{{cite|date=1994|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' Player's Guide|page=41, 57}}</ref> (also called the '''Golden Expresso Token'''<ref>{{cite|date=1994|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' Player's Guide|page=35, 41, 55}}</ref> or '''Golden Expresso Animal Token'''<ref name=Fleetway/>), the '''[[Enguarde]] Token''',<ref>{{cite|date=1994|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' Player's Guide|page=64, 65, 99}}</ref> and the '''[[Winky]] Token'''<ref>{{cite|date=1994|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' Player's Guide|page=31, 70}}</ref> (or '''Winky Medallion''').<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 66|page=10|date=November 1994}}</ref> Animal tokens most often appear in hard-to-reach places, but they are sometimes rewarded if [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] complete a [[bonus room|Bonus Level]]. When the [[Kong]]s collect an animal token, it floats to the top of the screen, makes a small noise, and goes offscreen. Additional tokens of the same Animal Friend are also briefly displayed, if the Kongs have any. When the Kongs collect three tokens of the same Animal Friend, they are warped to a bonus '''Token Area'''<ref name=SNES/> (also named '''Token Bonus Area''',<ref>{{cite|date=1994|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' Player's Guide|page=24-26}}</ref> '''Animal Bonus Level''',<ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S. J.|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=June 17, 2003|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|language=en-us|page=7|isbn=0-7615-4334-1}}</ref> or '''bonus level'''<ref name=Fleetway/>), where the player controls the corresponding Animal Friend. The object in  a Token Area is to collect as many [[mini Animal Token]]s within the time limit, which always begins at 99, and the countdown speed differs between areas. When the timer runs out, the mini Animal Tokens are counted down, with every 100 of them being exchanged for an [[extra life]]. The additional tokens are lost.

A [[big Animal Token]] of the Animal Friend is hidden in its secret area. This token doubles the player's count of mini Animal Tokens.

In ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' [[Super Mario-kun Volume 15|Volume 15]], Rambi, Winky, and Enguarde give [[Mario]] their animal token to turn him into [[Golden Mario]], giving him enough power to defeat [[King K. Rool]].

Animal Token DKC screenshot.png|An Expresso Token is discovered by Donkey Kong and Diddy in [[Jungle Hijinxs (Donkey Kong Country)|Jungle Hijinxs]].

DKC SNES Platform Perils Bonus Room 2.png|Bonus area featuring Enguarde

Rambi Token Sprite SNES.png

Expresso Token Sprite SNES.png

Enguarde Token Sprite SNES.png

Winky Token Sprite SNES.png

DKC GBC Rambi Token.png

DKCGBA Animal Token Rambi.png

Golden Mario SMKun.png|''[[Super Mario-kun]]''

|Ita=Simbolo di animale

|Spa=Ficha de animal<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' Spanish instruction booklet|page=19}}</ref>

|SpaA=Token animal<ref>{{cite|title=''Club Nintendo'' (Chile) ''La Jungla de Donkey Kong: Edición Especial''|page=45}}</ref>