Lani Aliikai is a lifeguard on Pen Gu beach, the niece of Big Z, Cody Maverick's girlfriend and the tritagonist in the 2007 animated film Surf's Up and the deuteragonist of 2017 sequel Surf's Up 2: Wavemania.
Obviously, don't nominate any human characters. Hybrids like Cheetah or The Lizard are okay, as are shapeshifters with one set animal form (eg Professor McGonagall.)