In a way, yes--Yakko, Wakko, and Dot are an homage to the early days of animation when so many characters like Oswald had black bodies and white faces. But I think the running gag is they're not identifiable as any particular animal. (There was a whole song about it on one episode. "Maybe we're we're giant fleas!")
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Date: 2013-01-17 05:25 pm (UTC)Oswald is definitely a rabbit, though--but that doesn't stop him from being Mickey Mouse's older brother!