>>39796103The only reason I know about most of the animals anywhere near me is because I specifically researched most of them when designing my first Pokémon region as it's based on where I live.
I knew a handful of animals, but without that impetus I'd have never known what most of them were.
Hell, I didn't even know we had frogs and toads until then. I have never seen a single one of them (until recently - they seem to be taking over the night) despite going on into the woods being a thing we do around here.
Or at least did. Now most kids just seem to roam the roads but the schools were near a wooded area back then and we disappeared into them during recess and lunch. The town itself is also central but fairly secluded so even with a huge uptick in development (although why is beyond me - basically all the younguns leave and the population has decreased by over 2K, lower than it was almost 20 years ago) nature is everywhere.
So it doesn't surprise me at all that he wouldn't know.
Especially when you consider it's just a fucking game in an active series for which they intended to do at least one more game. It's a stupid fucking question.