I just had an amusing thought. Rocket Raccoon is at least an 11th level hunter and Groot is his animal companion. Slam with matter explains their communication perfectly.
I'd do a Gunslinger with Groot as either another PC, or give Rocket the Leadership feat.
The treant plant companion (ARG) is probably the best simulation, but no one save druids can select them as of now. Until then, this was my build of choice for Rocket Raccoon.
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I am running an Iron Gods campaign and have a player playing a build designed off Rocket. The race was a 20 race point built that built off the ratfolk and augmented it up to 20 and skinned as a bipedal raccoon. the class was this one: Machinesmith. It fits the flavor and the campaign very well, tinkering, eventual firearm use and gadgets. The class is listed on d20pfsrd.com, but I also suggest picking up the PDF if you want to use the class and support the author.
I'd just run him as a ratfolk.
That, or an awakened raccoon.
Kind of off topic/a tangent, but Rocket Raccoon always struck me as a good example of what a PF rogue should be (but isn't necessarily), basically Murphy's Law incarnate, acting as a monkey wrench to subvert everybody else's toys/plans/schemes and use them for himself.