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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DreadPirateMurphy" data-source="post: 2768356" data-attributes="member: 20715">Anthropomorphic animal creatures fit in much better in fantasy than they do in science fiction, because the first is grounded in human mythology, while the second at least pays lip service to scientific plausibility.  There is no reason to assume that alien life would follow the same patterns as Earth life, so having something that not only was a mammal but happened to look and act like a specific family of Earth creatures (e.g., cats) is a bit of a stretch.Traveller fudged it by claiming Aslan weren't really cat-like...that was an approximation dumped on them by humans.  Having said that, there is a strong similarity between Aslan, Kilrathi, and Niven's Kzin.  I believe the Kzin are the oldest of the three.  The most interesting variation with Kzin is that only the males of the species were sentient.  Kzin also made their way into the Star Trek universe via the animated series and Star Fleet Battles.As for their populatrity, well, what guy can turn down...never mind...</blockquote>