>>44221170It's probably to associate him with his family like crabominable since his grandpa owns one and does weird shit like playing tag with it.. Plus, he's seen with one too in the sm credits. It also fits more since he can catch one at Paniola ranch in time for the Malie fight as opposed to komala being catchable post Malie and only showing up on his team for the elite four.
Plus, tauros has better stats.
