12/26/2015 Released Dwarf Fortress 0.42.04
Various fixes and various giant and peopled animals. I held off on common domestic animal people for now, but there are plenty of canine and feline critters that got the treatment.
New stuff
Giant and person versions of many of the older creatures, including the elephant
Vampire purges in world generation to control their overfeeding which was stopping cities from growing
Major bug fixes
Allowed dwarves praying at temple dedicated to no particular god to choose prayer target according to need
Stopped adv mode goblin animals from fighting gobs and each other
Fixed error causing underground sewer dwellers to copy town stockpile, lag-killing certain towns
Stopped crash with goblet trading
Made retire store away merchants and diplomats and not mark visitors and residents as hostile
Made non-military visitors do citizenship petitions properly
Fixed broken merchant-elevated-to-liaison that sits at trade depot for entire life
Other bug fixes/tweaks
Fixed error with building profiles causing underground bandit leaders to roam streets
Vampire guests of various kinds give themselves cover identities (those on-site will still be revealed in old saves)
Stopped some position elevation announcements from giving away vampires
Removed trade goods from retired sites if living merchant is still present
Made animals less afraid of casual relationships
Various animal tweaks that came up during the peopling (see file changes.txt)
Marked visitors correctly in site text export
Fixed a cause of string entry key conflicts
Made it list proper subregion when talking about certain adventurer rumor sites instead of subregion where speaker is standing
También han nerfeado a los zombies