Regional Birds! Based on chickens and chicken-fighting. It evolves from prey, to a bird of prey!
A UB I did for a contest over at Pokecommunity! It's based on the Khakkara and Gohei, which are two religiously important staves in asian cultures.
Water Starter! Based on literal catfish, and monks. Their whiskers can detect many things, upgrading from being able to detect air/water movements, to sonar and seismo-based detection, and finally to sensing the aura and spirits or ghosts in the general area.
Based on sheep and garments of clothes! Onesie sheep likes to sleep a lot, while parka alpaca likes to eat dreams