>>53750612Pokémon are not animals.
Touché, if we talk in LITERAL terms they aren't.
But they have ANIMAL features.
I mean tell me Cinderace is not a rabbit for fuck sake.
Pikachu is some type of rodent.
Delphox is a fucking fox.
Lopunny is a (hooker) rabbit too.
Lucario is a wolf or based in the concept of an "anubian jackal" based in the depiction of the god Anubis, who, actually if I'm not wrong was based in a species of wolf from egypt that went extinct.
TL;DR Pokémon may not be animals by themselves but they have many animal features and some of them can be considered anthropomorphic animals.