The Eeveelutions

[CunniJA]

So, is Espeon a cat, or a dog? Same with Umbreon... cat or dog?

 

[BCVM22]

...neither. There might be some vaguely canine or feline features about them, but who says they have to be either?

 

[Ishrie]

Eevee and its evolutions are modeled after fennec foxes.

 

[Babey_blue]

if espeon was compared to feline and canine i would say that feline is the better guess...

 

[BlitzBlast]

They're all fennec foxes. Or at least modeled after them.

 

[~Spacial_Rendation~]

Espeon is based off the "Bakeneko/Nekomata" (Monster Cat) but yeah. They're maily based on foxes with feline like features. I also hear that Eevee and its eeveelutions are based on the "Houkou", a monster wolf that could split into 7 different elemental formes (Water forme, Wind forme, Fire forme, Earth forme, Lightning forme, Metal forme and Wood form).

 

[Will-powered Spriter]

Espeon appears to be a fennec fox crossed with a Monster cat.

Umbreon is probably a fennec fox crossed with something else, as it's not as similar to a fennex fox as eevee, vaporeon, flareon and jolteon.

 

[Nightning]

they are all foxes

 

[Igottapoo]

I never saw anything cat like about them. Foxes they are.

 

[SmoG878]

i'd say the're all mutated experiments of eevee (which is a squirrel{in my thought}) given different injections of the formulae (lol, heroes reference).

 

[Blue Snover]

I'd say they're foxes, i've never seen anything to make me think they're dogs or cats.

 

[Pkmn Breeder Jack]

Foxes. They have the face, ears, and build of foxes. They look nothing like cats or dogs.

 

[StellarWind]

They're Eeveelutions. Any resemblence to Terran phylum doesn't make them said Terran phylum.

I see both feline (particularily in forms like Umbreon and Espeon - as someone mentioned before, Espeon is based on a Nekomata) and vulpine features in their design. Of course, foxes being practically catdogs (more closely related to canines phylogenetically but displaying a wide assortment of traits more common in felines), it almost makes it redundant. ^^;

 

[Visual]

The eeveelutions are all based on foxes. Well, Espeon does look a bit like a cat but it's still a fox.

 

[PDL]

They're generic mammals, in the same way the Legendary Beasts are collectively known as "Legendary Beasts".

 

[Silverninetails]

I say fox.
Speaking of animal resemblance, what animal is Snorlax?

 

[Firekit]

I think they are Foxes. As for snorlax who knows.

 

[Harris73]

Foxes with special abilities or powers (kinda like those Bakeneko) are known as Kitsune. I kinda say they are more like kitsune. "Stories depict them as intelligent beings and as possessing magical abilities that increase with their age and wisdom." as Wikipedia says.

 

[Moneyy]

They look like cats combined with foxes.

 

[MKFC]

They're mammals.