Lupin
How is a safe question. You're still mostly human, where I'm... probably not. Humans can have children at least once a month, usually. I could, back then, only conceive from the first of December to the first of March. I had swapped with you long enough for the human bits to catch up with me.
A cougar, it's the American equivalent to a lion, but they're usually much smaller.
His... for some reason it will follow the scent of the raw meat until he finds it, and eats it. Usually that takes until Morning.
I can when we get there. I'll have to scope out a safe place, spread my scent so nothing big and predator like comes after you, but I want to be clear of nests and stuff like that and some of the animals out there are always moving their dens.