Pokemon Guinea Pig
Swinub also resembles the marsupial mole.
Pokemon guinea pig. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. For pokemon x on the 3ds a gamefaqs message board topic titled do we have a guinea pig pokemon. Capig is based on a guinea pig. Swinubs size and appearance seem to be based on a mix of a peruvian guinea pig and a wild boar piglet.
It could also possibly come from pika as it is the electric rodent pokemon of the region which originates from the concept of pikachu. Morpeko may be a combination of morph and harapeko which is japanese for hungry or starving. The abilities it could have is static fur coat because of their tuffs of fur and maybe analytic since they can remember complex pathways and such. It has oval eyes a pink nose and a thick yellow stripe on its snout.
Its fur pattern is reminiscent of a chullo an andean style of hat. It may also come from marmot the japanese name for the guinea pig. Tepig is a quadruped pig like pokemon that is primarily orange. Pokemon that resemble pigs.
It may also be based on wordplay of the groundhog.