I think this may have been a case of, "We just really want to give them a kitty....but we don't want to give them a kitty.....Are there even house cats in Eorzea?...Hmmmm....."

We're finding over in the bestiary thread that many mobs, especially the "Territorial" ones from the Treasure Hunt mini-quests, are not following already-established species/subspecies precedents as it is. It is rather confusing and only a little bit frustrating.