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In a Pokémon's Pokédex information, the species[1][2][3] (Japanese: 分類 classification), also known as category,[4][5][6][7][8][9] is a name which identifies the Pokémon based on one of its defining biological characteristics. Most often, the defining traits are part of the Pokémon’s physiology, special abilities, or behavior.
This term should not be confused with a Pokémon species, since several different Pokémon can be identified by the same species in the Pokédex, no matter how distantly related. This term should also not be confused with the real world definition of species, since it has nothing to do with which Pokémon are able to breed and produce fertile offspring; in fact, breeding among Pokémon can easily occur between species since it is controlled by Egg Groups.
Under the most commonly accepted real-world scientific definition, there are in fact about fourteen true species of Pokémon, defined by the various Egg Groups, with the Pokémon that exist in more than one Egg Group resembling ring species. Some Pokémon (primarily Legendary Pokémon) cannot breed at all, suggesting that they are each a species of their own.
Because of how brief and uninformative the description of a Pokémon often is in its species, and how little the species relates to other data, it is not often regarded as an important piece of information about a Pokémon.
Before Generation III, the species was shown by just seeing the Pokémon, rather than upon catching it.
In Pokémon games prior to Generation VI, the character limit for a species name is thirteen characters or less. This includes spaces but does not include "Pokémon".
List of Pokémon species
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Trivia
- Several Pokémon have had their species altered between generations. This is primarily due to character limitations in earlier Pokémon games. Squirtle, as an example, was originally the "TinyTurtle Pokémon". It was later listed as the "Tiny Turtle Pokémon".
- The species names present in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen are cut off in early English releases of the games, most specifically those species names made up of more than one word with a space in between. This causes Pokémon like Pidgey to be listed as "Tiny Pokémon" rather than "Tiny Bird Pokémon". Internal game data lists the species name the same as it appears in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald and other games, indicating a glitch in the Pokédex where a blank space is confused for the terminating byte for the name. This was addressed in later releases of the game.
- Hoopa is the only Pokémon so far with multiple species.
In other languages
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 On the official Pokémon Black and White 2 site
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 On the official Pokémon X and Y site
- ↑ Pokémon.com Pokédex (archive)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky
- ↑ In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
- ↑ In Pokédex 3D Pro
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 On the official Pokémon Black and White site
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 On the official Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire site
- ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 On the Pokémon.com Pokédex
- ↑ Pokémon.com Pokédex (Dutch; archive)
- ↑ Pokémon.com Pokédex (French; archive)
- ↑ Pokémon.com Pokédex (German; archive)
- ↑ PokéWiki page on Species (German)
- ↑ Pokémon.com Pokédex (Italian; archive)
- ↑ Pokémon Korea Pokédex (Korean)
- ↑ Pokémon.com Pokédex (Brazillian Portuguese; archive)
- ↑ Pokémon.com Pokédex (Spanish; archive)