Pokemon Guinea Pig
Discussion and conceptualisation of the regional rodent began not long after the earliest confirmations or at least agreements on the starter pokemon designs.
Pokemon guinea pig. Tepig is a quadruped pig like pokemon that is primarily orange. Swinubs size and appearance seem to be based on a mix of a peruvian guinea pig and a wild boar piglet. Pokemon that resemble pigs. It could also possibly come from pika as it is the electric rodent pokemon of the region which originates from the concept of pikachu.
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. It has oval eyes a pink nose and a thick yellow stripe on its snout. It may also be based on wordplay of the groundhog. 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.
Both are similar in characteristics and behavior while ground hog describes swinubs type and species quite well. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Capig is based on a guinea pig. Its fur pattern is reminiscent of a chullo an andean style of hat.
Swinub also resembles the marsupial mole.