Alongside the Resources page of the Eleven Second Club, Animation Buffet is probably your first stop to find character and creature rigs that are fully functioning, reliable - and free.
One of the pleasures of creating character and creature animation in Maya is the growing quantity of freeware produced by Maya animators all around the world. So bookmark Animation Buffet now, and start downloading and experimenting with new rigs. Who knows, it might inspire you to do the best piece of animation you've ever done! Below are some of the rigs we particularly like:
