Question: what kind of animal is brain from arthur
Answer: Alan Powers ( voiced by Luke Reid 1996 -- 1999 ; Steven Crowder 2000 -- 2001 ; Alex Hood 2002 -- 2005 ; Paul - Stuart Brown 2004 -- 2007 ; James Buckholder 2006 ; Lyle O'Donohue 2008 -- 2012 ; Siam Yu 2012 -- 2014 ; Max Friedman Cole 2014 -- present ) , usually known by his nickname `` The Brain '' , is a bear of Senegalese descent , and celebrates Kwanzaa .