Thread: What animal is Umbreon supposed to be?

Everybody knows that pikachu is a mouse, buneary is a bunny, beautifly is a butterfly, but I can't stop wondering exactly what my favorite Pokémon Umbreon could be. One of my friends thinks its a dog, another thought it was a cat, and another thought it was a rabbit! I just don't know what to think. Does anybody have any ideas as to what real life animal Umbreon is supposed to be?

I think its a fox of some kind maybe a fennic or a bat eared fox. All the eevee's look like foxes to me well mybe not vaporeon but the rest do

If you ask me, it's the most dog-like of all Eeveevolutions

Let's see the facts...
1. They activate at moon.
2. They are very dog-like/cat-like/wolf-like...
Werewolf, of course!:P

I see Umbreon more as a cat-like pokemon... in fact, it's the eeveelution that looks less like a rabbit in my opinion, along with Espeon who also looks like a cat pokemon to me.

A panther would be my best guess.

A panther? Highly unlikely. And Swampert Tamer, NONE of the Eeveevolution are rabbit-based - not even Eevee

THe eeveelutions are alwats a mix of fox (or something int he dog family), rabbit, cat, and an animal that represents their element.

I'd say a cat-fox.

hm, unsure, but eevee is based on a fennec fox hence the big ears and looks.

The "dog family" is classified as the canines

the entire Eevee family doesn't resemble any single kind of mammal in my opinion. They're just a generic mammal. It could be a dog, cat or even a rabbit.

Those ARE mammals. Okay, I question Vaporeon, but that's it.

Originally Posted by Bio_Warrior_3000

Those ARE mammals. Okay, I question Vaporeon, but that's it.

Not wanting to go off-topic, but since we are talking about eeveelutions, do you think Vaporeon is composed of fur or scales?

Originally Posted by Swampert_tamer

Not wanting to go off-topic, but since we are talking about eeveelutions, do you think Vaporeon is composed of fur or scales?

Yanno, I personally think either fur, or like that of dolphins or orcas, but not scales...

Anyway, Umbreon always reminded me of a rabbit except for the build and tail. I could be biased because it also always reminded me of "The Black Rabbit of Inle" from Watership Down, which- needless to say- is black, and has red eyes, and Umbreon has rather rabbit like ears and head to me.

Originally Posted by Bio_Warrior_3000

Those ARE mammals. Okay, I question Vaporeon, but that's it.

PDL didn't say the Eeveelutions didn't resemble mammals, but that they didn't "resemble any single kind of mammal."

Originally Posted by Bio_Warrior_3000

A panther? Highly unlikely. And Swampert Tamer, NONE of the Eeveevolution are rabbit-based - not even Eevee

Other than the rabbit ears most of them seem to have, and the rabit-like face that some, such as Umbreaon seem to have?