But most of these are not convergent evolution...
At best it's some kind of mimicry i.e.
>>53679398, or in other cases, just a similar animal in a different habitat i.e.
>>53679391.
Convergent means that creatures, from distinct lineages, who live in a similar environment and occupy the same niche can develop similar traits.
For example marine predators:
- Dolphin (Mammal)
- Ichtyosaur (Reptile)
- Shark (Cartilaginous fish)
Tentacruel and Toadscruel, by definition, cannot be considered convergent evolutions, because they do not fill a similar niche, they have a similar body plan, by pure coincidence (Unless they share a common ancestor, I don't find it too farfetched in the world of Pokemon for that to be the case).
A real life example of this would be a moray eel and a snake, or a hammerhead shark and Ariel from the live action movie.
As for an example of actual convergent evolution:
>>53679387If this pokemon would also feed on the life force of those around it, and it lived in similar places to Gengar, you could call it convergent evolution, otherwise, it would be mimicry.
