>>45780387Umbreon is a maneki neko. There was an interesting thread that revealed a variation of the figurine with gold rings that had the same placement as Umbreon, and as it turns out, the maneki neko is a type of bakeneko who burrows its powers from the moon.
Black cats in general also seem to be associated with the moon in Japan (you can see it in Sailor Moon and Cardcaptor Sakura). I can’t see how it would be a coyote.
