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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 5544712" data-attributes="member: 6669384">Because they *aren't* of "their own kind".  They're summoned creatures, magical beasts.You don't find a Hawk and make it your Familiar any more.  You use the class ability or the feat, specify the type of familiar you want, and it appears.  Even if you're someplace where that animal type doesn't occur naturally.So the cat on the wizard's shoulder or the toad in his pocket are neither a real cat nor a real toad.  They're magical conjurations in the form of a cat or a toad, with some of the features of that creature.They aren't "animals", and never were.  They're "Familiar Spirits" bound into a mortal form, and thus categorized as "magical beasts".</blockquote>