>>12837298>>12837228Pokémon are fictional creatures, most of them based on animals but not actually animals from our world.
What animal can shoot beams of energy?
What animal glows and goes through instant metamorphosis?
What animal can change into 8 different creatures depending on what stone you shove up its ass?
Also, if we tried to make pokémon as biologically similar to their animal counterparts, female Mightyena would end up with a long pseudo-penis.