List of Pokémon by category

The species or category (Japanese: 分類 Bunrui) is a term that identifies a Pokémon according to their biological characteristics. It doesn't have any value and doesn't have any relevance to the games; it's just a symbolic fact. There are more species than types, moves and abilities, thus making the Pokémon unique. The species is named with the word Pokémon after it, for example, Skitty is the "Kitten Pokémon" or Litleo, which is the "Lion Cub Pokémon".

This concept was introduced in Generation I and and has been present since. The species of each Pokémon can be checked in the Pokédex in the main series games and in some other games as well.

Most species are named according to the animal the Pokémon is based on, however, there are others that are just things related to such Pokémon.

This list shows every Pokémon in the different groups of species. Some kinds of species have more than one Pokémon.

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