Animal abilities have been revamped to offer more options for player controlled tamed animals (Druid / Ranger). This brings the total number of abilities in game to 166. The majority of the abilities have 6-7 levels, with some only having 4-5 levels.
Animals all have basic animations like death and an attack or 2, etc, but are in need of an animation pass. As currently the focus is on game systems / playability first, the look of things is not the top priority to get to Alpha. Hopefully in the future there will be time and resources to add more animations for animals.