So.
This isn't much of a suggestion for adding something to the forum itself.
It goes for forum and game as well.
Lets call it, a social addition.
Since there are two different models, feline and canine, and people tend to specify them differently
because, well, there just aren't any other words for it. In roleplays, to say the character talks to... what? Felines and Canines? It doesn't seem right to say them both. But substituting the word "People" (My character talks to people... whut.) isn't right either.
So how about we make up a word that means both feline and canine and refers to the "intelligent" speaking life in the game. A substitute for "people".
I was thinking maybe Canifae.
Canidae+Felidae
I hope I make sense. :|