>>35150901>Implying Niantic can be trusted to know shitEevee is a fox which is in the canidae family but not a dog, so is still fundamentally different. It's evolutions range from being more fox to more cat to more doglike, it varies because it is canonically the genetically altered Pokemon.
>Dog are a canids>Foxes are vulpines in the canid familyBut this doesn't mean that foxes are dogs.
And Mightyena is mostly hyena, which is more closely related to felines. So again, it's not saying Eevee and it's line can't be inspired by other animals as well.