TL;DR: Orc-Wolf, Human-Wolf(Dog), Tauren-Boar/Tallstrider, Dwarf-Bear
Orcs - Horde - Wolves, Boars, Ravagers, Scorpids, Warpstalkers.
Orcs represent a sense of savagery and honor, thus no herbivores, unless thoroughly aggressive.
Ferocity is a given for Orcs, Wolves without a doubt. The only problem with this is there are no native wolves in Durotar, but who cares. Wolves are raised as mounts in Orgrimmar why couldn't a young hunter have been given an already trained wolf so I say wolf for ferocity.
Tenacity pets the scorpid is the prime candidate. Warpstalkers are native to outland but are associated with Fel corruption something the orcs are seeking to shy away from. Native to Durotar, boars were once the premiere leveling pet. Traditionally Boars and orcs are often paired together, however Orcs in Azeroth are known to be fond of pork. Alsonative to durotar are scorpids. The Durotar Scorpid pet can be bought from Orgrimmar Vendor at the Argent Tournament sementing the connection between orcs and scorpids.
Cunning pets really only have one option, Ravagers. During BC Cats, Ravagers, and Raptors stood at the top of the raid pet ladder (at least there was some choice, how does a wolf beat a SPIRIT BEAST?!??) As players travel to Hellfire Peninsula they encounter the Mag'har, uncorrupted orcs. Among them are a number of hunters with not wolves, but ravagers as pets. The only cunning pets that come close are serpent and chimera but that making a stretch, a big one at that.
So out of the three which one do they get, wolf. No arguing orcs and wolves are like PB&J they just go together.
No lets go into special categories.
Exotic would be Spirit Beast Skoll. Wolf+Lightning=AWESOMSAUCE. 'nuff said.
For new tamable pets, a new cunning pet that would fit with orc culture would be great, though i don't know what it would be. Tamable Wyverns would be great for orcs, Exotic of course.
Humans - Alliance - Birds of Prey, Wolves, Cats, Bears, Boars
Humans boil down to three key traits, regal, loyal, courageous when it comes to pets for them. Ferocity goes to the Wolf. Now of course cats would be great, lions are the symbol of Stormwind after all, problem they don't even exist on the continent. The lion models only appear save a stabled one in nagrand and Pitch in Sholazar. But as Stormwind represents Medieval Europe and they despised wolves back then why do they get them. Simple answer dogs, we already know that there will be new dog models in Cata if they don't get their own family they will most certainly count as wolves. Man's best friend is a given.
Tenacity is a bit of a toss up between Bears and Boars, Bears represent the more regal option but Boars are local to the area around Stormwind and pigs are known to be just as loyal as any dog. Seeing as I wan't to avoid as much overlap as possible within factions, Boar is my choice for human tenacity.
Cunning is an easy choice in Birds of Prey, in fact its the only choice because Eagles (like lions) are part of the Stormwinf crest. "But there are no Eagles near Stormwind," you may say, "the only ones in the old world are the one summoned in Zul'Aman." Your half right, the only targetable ones are in Zul'Aman. If you pay attention to the old world and parts of outland and northrend as well. There are a number of non targetable birds the serve as ambiance, swooping across the screen ore being seen off in the distance. Blizzard could easily add some targetable one in if they chose to.
So who gets the gig, Dogs(Wolves) Along with Gilneans Humans would be perfect to receive dogs as starter pets it just feel human.
For humans no exotic pets really stand out, aside from dogs there are no real standout families for humans. Horses could be a possible option.
Tauren - Horde - Boars, Cats, Wolves, Tallstriders, Birds of Prey, Carrion Bird
Tauren in my mind represent a peaceful strength. Their bovine nature causes me to lean towards similar creatures.
Ferocity in the end goes to the tallstrider. Just as much as cats and coyotes are common in Muglore so are Tallstriders, but what gives them the edge over the more combat ready competitors is that it is not seen as aggressive. They mirror the peace and serenity that tauren as a race seem to give off, the only other Ferocity pet with that feel is the moth (this bit is significant for later), add to that the Muglore hatchling pet and you've got gold.
Tenacity is boar all the way. Not only are they the only Tenacity pets native to Muglore, but a Tauren with a Boar just seems right, to me.
Cunning pets on the other hand present a problem. The actually distribution of cunning pets is a bit limited and the families themselves have less variety within them than say Cat (5 skin types) or wolves (5 [possibly 6] skin types) meaning they cover a much more focused family, the exception being birds of prey.
Taking a second we'll discuss this a bit further. Cats, Wolves, Birds of Prey, Carrion Birds, and Spirits Beast are unique among pet families in how they are built. They possess multiple model types within their families, these different models correspond to different species on a much larger scale than other families. Tigers, Lions, Leopards, Lynxes for cats, Wolves, Worgs, Mage Hunters, and possibly Dog for wolves, Owls, Eagles, Hawks, Parrots for Birds of Prey. Vultures, Condors, Alien Vultures, and Crows for Carrion Birds. and of course the various spirit beasts. The distinctions between these are much more pronounced than say between the three spider models. Simply because to us A tiger is distinct from a lion. We see a big cat with stripes in the zoo its not whoa check out the cat, its whoa check out the tiger, but when we see a spider, whether it's a tartula or a daddy long legs it's a spider. We only differentiate as an after thought. This allows these families to have a much greater array of connections culturally. Vultures may have one legend but the Storm Crow has another, yet both are Birds of Prey.
Back to Tauren Birds of Prey get the vote for one solitary reason, the Fjord Hawk, which uses the same model as the Tauren Flight Form (Where as it's counterpart is a Carrion Bird which occurred back when Birds of Prey were exclusively owls).
However who gets the gig as a total toss up between the Boar and the Tallstrider both would be great, both would make sense.
Exotic pets for Tauren Rhinos look good. Kodos would make for a great addition as would mammoth, particularly for Taunka. A new bovine mob like some sort of long horn steer would be cool, aside from cow critters Tauren are the only other bovines in WoW which is hard to believe. They new division to the barrens would be a great place to toss them in. Zhevras would also be cool.
Dwarf - Alliance - Bears, Cats, Wolves, Boars, Birds of Prey
Dwarves are stout and Hardy and are known to develop deep connections with particular creatures.
Ferocity for dwarves is gonna have to be cat, snow leopard, since they are common around Dun Morogh, and they fit with the winter theme of the Ironforge Dwarves. Why not wolves, well it's a rather simple equation. Given that Winter=Frost, Winter+Wolf=Frostwolf which is equal to Orc.
Tenacity boars are cool but there's really no arguing Bear wins hands down, if you disagree go watch the original opening cinematic, if you still disagree then you fail at WoW and should quit now.
Cunning took a bit of cunning to devise (see what i did there) since Dun Morogh has no native cunning pets, but on the other hand we can play the Eagle card similarly to how we did with humans but that's not the key point here. The three Alliance Dwarf Clans, Bronzebeard, Wildhammer, and Frostborn have one particular thing in common a connection to a particular type of beast. Rams for Bronzebeards, Gryphons for the Wildhammers, and Snowy Eagles for the Frostborn. It's these eagles that are the reasoning for the Dwarf Cunning pet going to eagles.
Of course every Dwarf deserves to start with a bear plain and simple.
Gryphons (Exotic) and Rams would make great additions as pets. A wolverine/badger type pet would be pretty awesome as well.
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