>>53575611also tenrec or echidna are good answers
>>53574847Not a zodiacfag, but the thing with Pokemon is that in Japan it uses a lot of old terminology from China, perhaps to give it more mysticism or treat it as animals were classified in the past, for example the term Nezumi “one who lives in hidden places” was used for all rodent like animals, another example Mujina refers to medium-sized mountain animals, usually badger, but depending on the region also includes tanuki, civet, fox, weasel, and wolverine.
For example, no one wonders why Blastoise is the shellfish pokemon? it is because they use an old Chinese term to classify aquatic animals, where those with or without shells are separated.
The localization team was ignorant of those details and just translated in the simplest way.
