>People still think Cyndaquil isn't a ratAllow me to enlighten you.
Cyndaquil's species name is Fire Mouse, which is actually correct unlike that stupid shellfish "translation" that people like to bring up.
https://www.pokemon.jp/zukan/detail/155.htmlひねずみ. "Hinezumi" in furigana.
Now then, guess what a hinezumi is.
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/火鼠