The Animal Barrel is a type of barrel appearing in Donkey Kong Country 2. Whenever the player jumps into one of these, they will transform into a type of Animal Buddy.
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 Barrels 
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| Transportation | Biplane • Bonus • Boo/Ghost • Booster • Cannon • Diddy & Dixie • Funky/Jumbo • Golden • Rocket • Rotatable • Steerable • Style • Tracker • Warp • Yellow Launcher |
| Projectiles | DK/Buddy • Steel Keg • TNT • Vine • Wooden/Regular |
| Enemies | Belcha • Dumb Drum • Kaboom • Klasp • Klobber • Knocka • Kracka • Kuchuka • Oil Drum |
| Player Status | Animal • Invincibility • Kong • Plus and Minus • Star • Tag |
| Other Status | Check and X • Krochead/Krockhead • Light • On & Off • Stop & Go • Switch |
| Fuel | Fuel • Ignition • Oil |
| Miscellaneous | ? • Button • Cranky's Training Barrel • Mega TNT • Shield |