Pyonchi(ピョンチ) (also translated as Ponchi) is the name of a small Rabbilis kept by Samus Aran as a pet in the Metroid Manga. Resembling a cross between a rabbit and a squirrel, he first encountered Samus, who was at the time only 3 years old, in the woods of Planetary Colony K-2L and snatched her backpack. He was eventually chased up a tree, where he refused to leave. Samus and "Bird Grandpa" managed to get him down after the Chozo suggested that she calm down and give it a name in order to see if it wanted to be friends, and thus Pyonchi was aquainted with Samus.