Her feline friend is a panther, sized to be on the large end of the spectrum of acceptable sizes.
I was thinking the same thing about Chomsky. I went for this look based off of his helmet which reminded me of something I had seen of either ancient Mesopotamian or Babylonian warriors.
And what do you think of Odorf?

I expiremented with hairy feet, but couldn't get anything that remotely resembled what I wanted.