What is Eevee?

[RK9]

It's...

Cute af.

 

[Eliza]

It's...

Cute af.

Well that's just obvious.

 

[lordfridge]

It's... something. I'm not sure what that something is, though.
The only way I can really describe it is that it's a Pokemon of ambiguous origin.

 

[darkblastoise0]

An incredibly overrated and ugly little thing.

 

[Parissong]

EEVEE IS A PALINDROME

 

[Weiss]

A cat? A dog? A fox? Something else entirely?

Bulbapedia states:
Eevee shares traits with various mammals, specifically the fennec fox, dogs, and cats. It could also be based on the Gulon, a mythical, dog-sized Scandinavian creature with a coat of brown fur; a catlike head, ears, and claws; and a fox-like tail.

Personally, I have always leaned toward fox. Other opinions? If you choose 'Other,' please state in a post what that 'Other' would be. Thanks.

Cat Dog Fox mix think it’s confirmed they just wanted to MAXIMISE the kawaii/cute factor for marketing.

EEVEE IS A PALINDROME

nice one lol

 

[Weiss]

An incredibly overrated and ugly little thing.

#ban

 

[UltimateIncineroar]

It's a mixture of a Cat and a Rabbit (Also known as a cabbit) IMO, and I highly doubt Eevee's a dog. While some of the eeveelutions take inspiration from foxes, such as Jolteon, Eevee has a few rabbit-like features, such as it's ears and short fluffy tail, whilst having a small catlike toungue. Also, the person who designed Eevee based it off of one of his friend's cats.

 

[Phosphene]

I'd say it's primarily a fox and a rabbit. It has a fox-like tail, but bunny like-ears and sorta bunny-like body. I can get how some people might see it as canine, however, I don't think it looks feline as it doesn't have any cat-like traits in my opinion, actually, after a bit of closer inspection, it' face looks a little cat-like due to its flatness, but I think that's the only cat trait Eevee has.

Edited

 

[Peridorito]

I think it's just meant to be a non-specific mammal.

 

[vivian20]

Fennec fox . Jolteon looks like a cheeta x fennec fox mix.

 

[Leaf_Ranger]

A miserable little pile of secrets!
Ups, wrong game...Well, Eevee is the the successful achievement of a process whose failures created Ditto. Eevee was obviously meant to attract people with their cuteness and in doing so, getting to different places, mutate and dominate the Pkmn world.

 

[Peridorito]

So, it turns out that this question was answered in an interview in 2018.

Translation: Creating the Eevee Family – Lava Cut Content

lavacutcontent.com

Tldr; Eevee isn't meant to be any specific animal. Here's some quotes from Fujiwara Motofumi, one of Eevee's creators:

Since Eevee has very different evolutions, we thought it might be a good idea to make Eevee a Pokemon without a type, as well as a Pokemon that can’t be identified as any specific animal based on its appearance. We decided it was best to create a ‘blank slate’ Pokemon.

It had ears, a tail, and white fur around its neck. We imagined something that’s not a fox, a dog, or even a cat. Something cute with four legs, but not really anything in particular.

I recommend reading the whole interview, there's lots of interesting stuff.

 

[Daenerys]

I always thought it was a fox of some kind. I don't think it's a dog but it could maybe pass for a cat? Still it's a cutie, but I dunno if I like how much it gets shoved down our throats in the anime. :/

 

[Venomaid]

A combination of a fox thing and a cat thing. I always thought it was some kind of carbuncle too but only Espeon looks like that I guess.