Grookey

Grookey (サルノリ) is the -type Starter Pokémon of the Galar region. It is one of the three Starter Pokémon revealed for the core titles Pokémon Sword and Shield.

Physiology
Grookey looks like a green monkey with brown ears and tail, orange hands and muzzle, and a leaf with a twig on its head.

Origin
Grookey is possibly based off of a Squirrel Monkey, more specifically an Ecuadorian Squirrel Monkey. Its use of twigs may reference how certain monkey species use items such as rocks and twigs as tools for various tasks.

Etymology
Grookey comes from monkey, groove, and possibly ook, the onomatopoeia of a monkey. Grookey can be fully named as Groovy Monkey.

Leveling
Generation VIII=