Pokemon guinea pig. It could also possibly come from pika as it is the electric rodent pokemon of the region which originates from the concept of pikachu. 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. Its fur pattern is reminiscent of a chullo an andean style of hat.
Both are similar in characteristics and behavior while ground hog describes swinubs type and species quite well. Guinea pigs arent fast so they would lose speed but they are aggressive so i think it would excel in physical attack and decent special attack. Swinub also resembles the marsupial mole. Pokemon that resemble pigs.
Tepig is a quadruped pig like pokemon that is primarily orange. Morpeko may be a combination of morph and harapeko which is japanese for hungry or starving. Capig is based on a guinea pig. It may also come from marmot the japanese name for the guinea pig.
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.