See also Pet journal functions.

Signature:

Arguments:

• petID - Pet ID (string, guid)

Returns:

• speciesID - Species ID (number)

• customName - Name which the player has given the squirrel via rename (string)

  • name - Name which the player gave the pet
  • nil - The player did not name the pet

• level - Level of the battle pet (number)

• xp - Amount of experience points the battle pet has (number)

• maxXp - Maximum experience points the battle pet has (until level up?) (number)

• displayID - ? (number)

• isFavorite - Is the pet set as a favourite in the pet journal? (boolean)

• petName - Generic name for the pet (ie. the name its mother gave it, not the one the player gave it) (string)

  • Lil' KT - The Lil' KT pet
  • Squirrel - Your average garden variety squirrel

• petIcon - The path to the texture which should be used for display of this pet (e.g. on action buttons) (string)

• petType - The ID of the battle pet family. (number)

  • 1 - Humanoid
  • 2 - Dragonkin
  • 3 - Flying
  • 4 - Undead
  • 5 - Critter
  • 6 - Magic
  • 7 - Elemental
  • 8 - Beast
  • 9 - Aquatic
  • 10 - Mechanical

• creatureID - NPC Creature ID for the pet (number)

• sourceText - Text describing where the pet may be obtained for use in the tooltip. (string)

  • example - |cFFFFD200Pet Battle: |rAmmen Vale

• description - Description for use in the tooltip. (string)

• isWild - Is this pet obtained/obtainable in the wild? (boolean)

• canBattle - Can this pet participate in pet battles? (boolean)

• tradable - Can this pet be caged and traded? (boolean)

• unique - Is the pet unique? The player may only have one of a unique pet. Examples are pets obtained from the battle.net store (e.g. Cinder Kitten) and pets obtained through achievements (e.g. Brilliant Kaliri) (boolean)