My pet dog, Diablo, looks a lot like Butch, my first dog ever was named Daisy and was a light blonde colour, so she obviously reminds me of Daisy, and one of my dreamies, Kiki, looks a lot like a cat who snuck into my house last night!
Pudge reminds me of winnie the pooh and Static reminds me of Sonic the hedgehog. He's not even close to his species but it could be because of his house interior, and his lighting bolt theme which kinda relates to sonic because he's faster than the speed of light. Pudge reminds me of winnie the pooh because of his design and constantly looking confused all the time and his lazy personality.
Flurry reminds me of one of my hamsters, Imogen. She was an albino Syrian hammie.
Ruby and Genji remind me of my Bun Bun. She was a Himalayan rabbit and was white, with ruby eyes with brown ears, paws, tail and nose. So if the two of them had a baby I think it would look like my bunny.
Tangy reminds me a lot of my late cat Sunshine. He passed a month and a half ago and I had to stop playing acnl because I was too sad to look at the game and be reminded.
Whitney reminds me of my family's border collie, Dakota. They're both smart and well-spoken (Dakota has different barks that mean different things; she asks to go out, be fed, play, pay attention to other animals, etc). Dakota also has a quirk where if she's lying down and you rest against her or even touch her with your arm or foot, she'll bare her teeth and snarl louder and louder before finally huffing and storming off.