Animal companions by terrain

[craftyrat]

I'm trying to create lists of animal companions by terrain. Using the choices in the Players Handbook (and a bit from the frost and sand books), I have come up with the lists below. Any suggestions? Does anyone else have lists they would like to share? I'm drawing a bit of a blank on swamp creatures.

Aquatic Animal Companions
1: crocodile, porpoise, medium shark, squid
Level – 9: huge shark, orca whale
Level – 12: giant octopus
Level – 15: dire shark, giant squid

Arctic Animal Companions
1: dog, riding dog, gyrfalcon (as hawk), raven, snowy owl (as owl), wolf
Level – 3: black bear, snow leopard (as leopard), wolverine
Level – 6: brown bear, dire wolf, dire wolverine, tiger
Level – 9: polar bear
Level –12: dire bear
Level – 15: dire tiger

Desert Animal Companions
1: bat, camel, coyote (as dog), donkey, hawk, hyena, moon owl (as owl), snake (tiny or small viper)
Level – 3: crocodile, dire bat, monitor lizard, puma (as leopard), large viper snake
Level – 6: giant crocodile, rhinoceros, huge viper snake
Level – 12: elephant
Level – 15: roc

Forest Animal Companions
1: badger, dog, eagle, hawk, owl, wolf
Level – 3: black bear, boar, dire badger
Level – 6: brown bear, dire boar, dire wolf, tiger
Level – 12: dire bear
Level – 15: dire tiger

Jungle Animal Companions
1: dire rat, dog, hawk, small or medium viper snake
Level – 3: ape, boar, leopard, monitor lizard, constrictor snake, large viper snake
Level – 6: dire ape, dire boar, huge viper snake, tiger
Level – 9: giant constrictor snake
Level – 15: dire tiger

Mountain Animal Companions
1: dog, eagle, hawk, wolf
Level – 3: black bear, boar, wolverine
Level – 6: brown bear, dire boar, dire wolf, dire wolverine, tiger
Level – 12: dire bear
Level – 15: dire tiger

Plains Animal Companions
1: dog, hawk, light or heavy horse, owl, pony, wolf
Level – 3: bison, cheetah
Level – 6: dire wolf, lion, rhinoceros
Level – 9: dire lion
Level – 12: elephant

Rural Animal Companions (more heavily inhabited areas)
1: badger, dire rat, dog, riding dog, light or heavy horse, owl, pony
Level – 3: dire badger
Level – 12: elephant

Swamp Animal Companions
??

Underdark Animal Companions
1: badger, dire rat, small or medium viper snake
Level – 3: dire badger, dire bat, dire weasel, monitor lizard, large viper snake
Level – 6: huge viper snake

craftyrat

 

[Tonguez]

Swamp you could use Dire Rat, Monitor Lizards, Snakes, Crocodiles, Hawks.
Elephants and Tigers also work, as does Hippopotamus.
Perhaps Capybara (= Dire Badger).

You also need an Urban Animals list: - Dire Rats, Dogs, raven, cat, pigeon and crocodile (in the sewer)

 

[Kwitchit]

Swamp: Level: Dire Rat, hawk, Small or Medium viper
Level-3: crocodile, constrictor snake, large viper
Level-6: giant crocodile, huge viper
Level-9: Giant Constrictor
Level-12: Elephant

Urban: Level: Bat, Dire Rat, Dogs
Level-3: Dire Bat, Crocodile, Dire Wolf (a really big mean dog)