They do touch that scientific classification (are Pokémon monophyletic?) question you brought up in one of your entries’ comments “Humans are definitely separate from Pokémon. The way you think about it is different than how we think about animals in relation to humans on Earth. For example, on Earth we have mammals and reptiles all these different categories. In the world of Pokémon, they are all Pokémon.”

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.

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