My personal opinion is that to be a res pet it has to have some sort of significant differentiation from the other pets we already have. It looks similar to a meiko and gondra. On that note, res is aiming to make pets that are not like the ones we already have. That's just my say, though.
I think it's more like the Gondra, which in turn is like a wyvern/dragon...which is what that is (But the dragon has front feet and wings where a Wyvern has back feet and wings). I think I would actually like it.