Accidentally overwrote player prefab. How can I attach the saved animations/animator to a new object

I'm a massive idiot and accidentally overwrote my player prefab with my map prefab and now I've lost my player. I can remake it with the assets and scripts, and I still have the animation files. Is it possible to attach them to a new object or will I have to recreate all the player's animations from scratch?

I know I should be backing up/using version control. I'm fairly new to all this and I hadn't set it up yet

Any help is appreciated <3

 

You should still be able to re-use your animations. Have you tried dragging the animator component on to your new object? Unfortunately, I'm in work and can't try this out but you definitely won't have lost everything.