Like Mewtwo, Mew Is a Psychic-type Pokémon with high stats. Morimoto designed it as a pink, feline-esque Pokémon with large eyes and a long, thin tail that broadens at the end. Its skin is covered with a layer of short, fine hair. Its DNA combines the genetic composition of all existing Pokémon species; the game states that scientists within the game view it as being the single ancestor of all other Pokémon. It is shy and rarely seen by humans. It is a legendary Pokémon  from the first generation, along with Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, and Mewtwo. In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, the player can find journal entries in the Pokémon Mansion on Cinnabar Island stating that Mew was discovered deep in the jungles of Guyana, South America, on July 5 (the year is not specified), and named on July 10, and that it "gave birth" to Mewtwo on February 6th The name mew is based on the onomatopoeia of a cat's cry, meow.