D&D 3.x 3.5 and hold/dominate animal

[cool hand luke]

I was wondering if the hold/dominate animal spells work ONLY on animals, not say, magical beasts, or if they work on things other than type=animal.

 

[jaults]

The target of both Charm Animal and Dominate Animal is "one animal", so it only works on creatures of the animal type, not other types, like magical beasts...

Jason

 

[Brown Jenkin]

The real question in my mind is do they work on the Druid/Rangers animal companions who may or may not be animals depending on your interpretation of the conficting rules.