Think this thread is a vampire, keeps rising from the dead.
I'd like to be a were, but wolves seem (depending on which books you read - my favourites are the Anita Blake Executioner books), to have too strict a pack structure.... could go for lone wolf but I'd prefer a different predator. Either Tiger (strong, likes swimming), or Jaguar for the same reasons, but probably the favourite would be the Snow Leopard, agility, strength, camouflage, and mountainous living......