Here are some useful non-dungeons and dragons and dungeons/dragons links i've found

[kirinke]

whoot. if i come up with any more, i'll be sure and post.
the power of my search engines is great....

 

[kirinke]

http://www.cfainc.org/breeds.html - a list of cat-breeds, more for flavor than anything else. It's one thing to say oh, I have a cat for a familar. But more interesting to say that I have an Bobtail kitty for a familar.

http://www.birdbreeds.com/ a list of pet bird species.

http://www.arches.uga.edu/~grantmc/diversity.htm characteristics of birds of prey.

http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~au/owl.htm a good site about owls

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/cetacea/cetacean.html a site on whales and dolphins.

 

[kirinke]

Here are some more useful links
http://www.imh.org/imh/bw/home2.html = horse breeds of the world