Try to look beyond the species; what're they like? What are their hobbies? Hair? Clothes? Eye colour? Build?
Additionally, "feline" is a broad spectrum. What kind of feline? Cheetah? Serval? Lynx? Housecat? I mean, I'm a housecat, but I suppose my "originality" point is the fact I like being turned into stuff! I used to be a bit more static (Granted, I always seem to end up back to a housecat anthro :p), but my point is, there's a lot more you can look at instead of shaking your head and switching off the minute you see "Fox", "Cat" or "Wolf".