Mundungus=Crookshanks

[twobeaglegirl]

No: HPFGUIDX 109720

2 beagles:
I started reading OotP last night for the 3rd time through and I 
noticed something slightly interesting.  When Mrs. Figg and Harry 
are dragging Dugley back home after the dementor attack and Mrs. 
Figg is cursing Mundungus Fletcher, he apparates into the picture.  
He is described as, "a squat, unshaven man in a tattered 
overcoat....He had SHORT BANDY LEGS, LONG SCRAGGLY GINGER HAIR, and 
bloodshot baggy eyes that gave him the doleful look of a basset 
hound." (American version, p. 22, hardback) Crookshanks is often 
described as a ginger cat with bandy legs and a flat face.
Now I know that Crookshanks is described (by Sirius) as being the 
most intelligent animal of his kind, and Mundungus is a bit of an 
idiot, but does anyone else think that the similarities their 
description is a little odd?  Could Mundungus be Crookshanks?