I'm trying to look ahead just a little at animal companions and I noticed a difference between the "Cat, Small (including Leopards, Jaguars, Cheetas and etc) and their regular animal counterparts listed under "Cats, Great. These are the same animals, but already given the level 4 improvements that animal companions get later.<br/><br/>In particular, the animal companion version of the leopard, after level 4 improvement gets a rake attack, but the regular animal, at CR 2, also has pounce and grab as well...<br/><br/>So, what I'm asking is if I can use the leopard's special attacks from the Cats, Great (after reaching level 4) instead of the weaker animal companion's? It doesn't make a lot of sense to me that an animal companion, who is suppose to be a superior example of it's species, is actually weaker than a normal example of it's species...