Think rabbits, but wild and capable of defending themselves reasonably. The first five chapters are about hares. Lol. After that I think we get into some wolves, but I'm not quite there yet. I just found it infinitely amusing to hear the hares talk about battles that they'd been in, and how they were going to fight. Thus, I am loathe to call them rabbits.... but seriously. Hares?
The picture is of the Kingdom Hearts character Axel as a lion (Axel Lion by hibbary, DeviantART)- I colored it last week, but forgot to post it....