I love how Elder Scrolls made different breeds like this. A year or two ago I always wondered why the Khajiits looked like humans in Arena XD It was around...actually it was earlier today that I looked at the breed list on Elder Scrolls Wiki XD
You were better off than I was; I could not even pronounce the name of the race until nearly two years after I played Oblivion. 
And I could not agree more. One thing I like about these races in the ES world is that they resemble more beast-like natures(even the elven people)than just humans with pointy ears, which seems to be the fad in most fantasy genres.