We are accustomed to recognizing the Mezcala tradition in anthropomorphic figures, but there are some other representations which formed part of the same carving tradition that show similar technical and stylistic solutions. Such as in the case of representations of fauna, like: monkeys, frogs, rabbits and snakes.

In all these figures we find the schematic solution and the tendency for strong abstraction. In the monkeys we see a combination of the cut of the silhouette with lines being drawn in the inside to complete the figure with grinding using the friction created by a stone point and a string.

Everything indicates that the stone representations of these animals formed a part of Mezcala grave gods, much in the same way as the Western shaft tombs, in which the presence of human figures was combined with that of animals. Such animals would have accompanied the deceased in both cases. What we have not been able to determine is the specific symbolism of each one that would justify their presence in the tomb. The dog is very frequent in the case of the shaft tombs, and that fact coincides with the belief that dogs accompanied the souls of the deceased on their journey to the underworld. However, we do not often see the dog in the Mezcala tradition.

The monkey, however, is associated with the wind and movement, and may be related to the ideas of the soul traveling and crossing a region of the underworld with strong winds.