Espeon

Espeon
General Information
Universe	Pokémon
Aliases	The Sun Pokémon
Classification	Vulpes espeonus
Species Type	Fox
Homeworld	Earth
Environment	Mostly found in cities and towns
Intelligence	Non-sapient
Biochemistry	Carbon-based lifeform
Biological Information
Average Height	0.9 m (2'11″)
Average Length	26.5 kg (58.4 lbs)
Locomotion	Quadrupedal movement
Feeding Behavior	Carnivorous
Lineage Information
Ancestor(s)	Arceus Mew Eevee
Related Species	Fennec Fox Flareon Glaceon Jolteon Leafeon Sylveon Umbreon Vaporeon
Cultural Information
Alignment	Neutral
Sociocultral characteristics
Scientific Taxonomy
Planet	Earth
Domain	Eukaryota
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Carnivora
Suborder	Caniformia
Family	Canidae
Subfamily	Vulpini
Genus	Vulpes
Species	Espeonus (Somarinoa, 2014)
Other Information
Status	Critically Endangered

Espeon (Japanese: エーフィ Eifie), the Sun Pokémon is a fox closely related to the fennec and a descendant of Eevee. It is a psychic-type Pokémon that can only evolve tamed, requiring high friendship levels with its owner/trainer and only during the Day or with a Sun Shard. Like all other eeveelutions, it is a dead end evolution with no further adaptation occurring. Like its ancestor, it is a rare find in the wild, being much more commonly found in urban locations; this likely indicates that they, too, are critically endangered, and in danger of becoming extinct in the wild.

BiologyEdit

Espeons are mammalians related to foxes and more specifically, fennec foxes and like fennecs, they have long, pointed ears. Espeons also have slender legs and dainty paws. They have fine, velvety lilac fur (green in the case of shiny Pokémon) which is sensitive to allow Espeon to sense minute shifts in the air, allowing it to predict weather patterns. There are tufts of long fur along its cheeks and a small red gem embedded in its forehead in a similar manner to carbuncles. This gem boosts their psychic powers considerably. Interestingly, their irises and possible sclera are purple while the pupil itself is white. It also has a thin, forked tail which quivers when it predicts its opponent's moves.

OriginEdit

Espeon appears to be based off of nekomatas/bake-neko, a species of intelligent, fork-tailed goblin cats as well as sharing the jeweled forehead traits of the carbuncle. Other species it shares traits with caracals, sphynx cats, lynxes, and fennec foxes

Name originEdit

The "Esp" portion of Espeon's name comes from the term ESP, a branch of psychic abilities while the "eon" portion means an immeasurably long time, potentially intended to hint at the actual time it takes for evolution to occur.

The Japanese name, Eifie, is a combination of エスパー esupaa (ESPer, a person with psychic powers) and フィール fiiru (feel), referring to its extraordinary sensory abilities. It is very similar to Eevee, in both writing and sound (イーブイ/エーフィ).