Tormented Tarns All for the cost

A strange voice drifted to him.
Oh?
His head turned to look for the source. It took him a few moments to realise that the thing he thought was a strange rack was actually an animal. A cat at that. Rowan had never met a feline before, so had no idea that they should be dangerous of any sort. 

"Oh, hey. Sorry I didn't see you there!"
He grinned, an expression that met his eyes, then wandered over to the funny animal.
It couldn't be dangerous, like, it didn't even have claws!
"So uh, what are you?"
The only creatures he's really met was the coyotes, raccoons, and prey animals. And none of them spoke -- at least not in his language. So what made this guy special? And where was the snout?