An object of the present invention is to provide an artificial nipple in which a nipple tip section can sufficiently reach the sucking fossa and can be appropriately squashed, so that a nursing operation can reliably take place in that state, and to provide also a nursing container and a pacifier toy that uses that artificial nipple. The artificial nipple is configured overall as a substantially conical hollow body, and has: a base section that widens to match an attachment object an areola section that extends while narrowing gradually and a nipple section that extends without widening halfway up to a tip and while narrowing slightly and gradually at a diameter-narrowing rate that is smaller than the diameter-narrowing rate of the areola section. The areola section has a wall thickness greater than that of the nipple section, the nipple section is set to have a length sufficient to reach the sucking fossa, and a wall thickness at a boundary between the areola section and the nipple section is smaller than that of the areola section but greater than that of the nipple section, as a result of which a band-like weakened section is formed along the circumference of that site.
