Coeurls are cats ; ;

[Naraku_Diabolos]

You are forgetting that a lot of animals look different when younger. For instance, a lot of sea animals start out as very small creatures, like a barnacle and crab. The larva is WAY different than what the adult looks like. In fact, larva barnacles actually are considered plankton as they swim and are carried by the ocean currents. It is only when they find a suitable place to land on (say a pier or a whale) that they attach themselves to that object (cementing their bodies) and metamorphosis into their adult form. Crabs look totally different too, with being plankton. Look them up on YouTube videos to see how different they are.

But yes, Coerul are feline-like creatures. They can be considered "kittens" as with the minion. Where does it say that they are pups?

[Kyan]

Where does it say that they are pups?

There are monsters called "Coeurl Pups" which are Coeurls with no spots. I think there is also FATE text. Like a baby Dalmatian dog, going from spotless to spots in adulthood.

If the kitten is truly a coeurl, it goes from a tiny, spotty creature with no whiskers [kitten phase] - grows whiskers and loses its spots [pup phase] - then has whiskers and spots [adult phase].

We have a link between coeurl and torama (torama models being often called "coeurl" in some instances, like treasure maps), so perhaps like the torama, the coeurl kitten is just a relative or subspecies of coeurl?

[TinyRedLeaf]

I'm actually more curious to know what happened to true cats. I mean, where are they? Did they all evolve into miqo'te after extensive cross-breeding with hyurs?

[Velox]

extensive cross-breeding with hyurs?

I'm trying not to let the realization of what this means sink in...the imagery might cause my brain to explode

[gornotck]

Considering lions are mythical creatures who look like Mi'qote, and coeurl is a generic term for all the catlike monsters, why would you think there are 'true' cats?

Coeurl are cats.

Also: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us...an_english/pup
Cats are mammals, so you can call their young 'pups'.

[Caiera]

lol weird hey?
especially when the Minion that you can get is a Kitten

[Andaeron]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oncilla

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the Oncilla, a small South American striped cat, also called a "tiger cat" or "tigrillo."

I submit that a Coeurl Kitten (or Tiny Coeurl in Japanese) is not actually the same genus as the more common big coeurls, but rather a species of related genus from the same family that has become domesticated. And since Eorzea seems to be lacking in an extensive taxonomic classification structure, common usage has simply named them for looking like a smaller version of an adult coeurl, since the average person would only know of them through descriptions and drawings.

[Kyan]

What you are forgetting is the quest around the kitten, mentioning it to be a baby coeurl captured/smuggled to Vylbrand by pirates to be trained as a battle coeurl. Similar to how they have a coeurl in Sastasha that attacks you - it was smuggled there by the pirates in the "Cattery".

I am not saying that 'pups' are wrong - I have no issue with that term being used at all. I have issues with the fact the coeurl kitten has spots and no whiskers, and pups have whiskers and no spots, and them both being "coeurls." This does not seem logical to me, and I feel that the coeurl kitten is either not intended to be a coeurl, or there is some miscommunication/no background checking between minion team and lore team for things in game already.

[gornotck]

The. Minion. Description. ANSWERS. YOUR. ISSUE.
"Summon your coeurl kitten minion. It will still be several summers before his trademark whiskers grow out."
Whiskers are answered.
So your only "issue" is that the kitten has spots, but the Coeurl Pup does NOT have spots, while every other coeurl does, apparently.

[Andaeron]

I did entirely forget about that.