Was there a question in there?
The problem is that not all Pokémon actually have the traits of animals. Are Grass Pokémon plants? If so, then either Grass-types are not Pokémon (clearly they are), “Pokémon” is a classification that includes all plants as well as all animals (clearly not), or “Pokémon” is a paraphyletic designation that has no actual meaning in an organism’s evolutionary history.
