Vulpix is a small, quadruped, fox-like monster. Its name is a combination of vulpes the Latin word for 'fox' and six, referring to its six tails. Its Japanese name 'Rokon' (ロコン) may be a combination of 六 roku meaning 'six' and 恨 kon meaning 'grudge', which references the curse that Vulpix may cast on its foes. Kon may also refer to the Japanese onomatopoeia kon kon, which is the sound that a fox makes. Furthermore, a コンロ konro is a gas burner stove.
It has red-brown pelt, brown eyes, large pointed ears and six orange tails with curled tips. The tails grow hot as this monster approaches evolution. Vulpix also has curled locks of orange fur with bangs on top of its head. At birth, Vulpix has only one white tail, which splits and grows warmer and more beautiful as it grows older.
Vulpix has a flame inside its body that nevers goes out and is capable of manipulating fire to such precision as to create floating wisps of flame. When the temperature outside increases, it will expel flames from its mouth to prevent its body overheating. In the wild Vulpix will feign injury to escape from predators that are more powerful. Vulpix can be found most commonly on grassy plains.
In Japan, there are legends concerning foxes or 狐 kitsune, as they are known. One such legend which relates to Vulpix is how many-tailed foxes can breathe fire, create illusions and have extremely long lifespans. After living a long time, Vulpix is able to take on a spirit form, which may be the reason that it is able to learn ghost-type moves.
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