I don't think that this is really pertinent. Yes, many animated juvenile males have been voiced by adult women, in both Japanese and American animation. But Precious in "The Nut Job", it seems to me, was always clearly presented through both the name "Precious" and the obvious female voice as a girl dog (a bitch, to get technical).
I would have to see the movie again to see if Precious is ever identified clearly as "him" or "her". Naturally, the animated depiction of Precious does not show any even vague gender characteristics. (I remember a TV news report of an aggressive male squirrel attacking people that was illustrated with a stock closeup photograph of an obviously female squirrel.)
I don't think that this is really pertinent. Yes, many animated juvenile males have been voiced by adult women, in both Japanese and American animation. But Precious in "The Nut Job", it seems to me, was always clearly presented through both the name "Precious" and the obvious female voice as a girl dog (a bitch, to get technical).
I would have to see the movie again to see if Precious is ever identified clearly as "him" or "her". Naturally, the animated depiction of Precious does not show any even vague gender characteristics. (I remember a TV news report of an aggressive male squirrel attacking people that was illustrated with a stock closeup photograph of an obviously female squirrel.)
Fred Patten