>>45627229>>45627255 Cyndaquil is an echidna. No amount of word games will change the fact that the animal it is based on is an echidna and no amount of etymology will change that.
Pic related. If cyndaquil was an actual volcanic rat. Notice the ears, teeth, and tail.Why doesn't cyndaquil look like this? Because that's not what it was meant to be :^)