J. L. Brown
Emperor Mongoose
I think, in the context of the Solomani & Terragens, that human-uplift is very likely. It might (as in David Brin's excellent 'Uplift War' books) be a secret project.Uplift humans.
This brings us to another topic related to 'What animals would be cool to see as Uplifts'; and that is:
'Which species are likely to be seen as useful or valuable Uplift candidates by the Solomani, and why?'
I can certainly understand why Solomani might uplift other apes -- the result is a species that can do the kind of works humans are currently doing. Dolphins and Orca are both very intelligent, and operate in an inconvenient-to-humans-but-still-important environment -- but, honestly, uplifting a fish (if there were any that were good candidates) would seem to be more valuable. An Octopus Uplift might be at least as likely; the biggest barrier there is the short life-span -- which might actually be an asset in a species which is being uplifted, even though it means a shorter useful work-life.
Caprisaps are a mystery to me; goats are used as a food animal, which also sometimes produces wool -- why is adding intelligence to a food animal a useful upgrade? Certainly humans have bred some species to be smarter -- herding dogs, for example -- but dogs bred to be food (like 'Poi dogs') are profoundly stupid.