Pokemon Categorizing

[◘Ins0mnIac◘]

Alright I have recently seen some bickering over how Pokemon would be classified in Earth terms(Most recently Cubone/Marowak being Mammal or Reptile) so yea why not make a thread? Comments appreciated but I am only doing the first generation here.

1 Bulbasaur Reptile-All have to take in sunlight and have a greenhue.
2 Ivysaur Reptile-All have to take in sunlight and have a greenhue.
3 Venusaur Reptile-All have to take in sunlight and have a greenhue.
4 Charmander Reptile-Once again the flame shows a need for warmth.
5 Charmeleon Reptile-Once again the flame shows a need for warmth.
6 Charizard Reptile-Once again the flame shows a need for warmth.
7 Squirtle Reptile
8 Wartortle Reptile
9 Blastoise Reptile
10 Caterpie Insect
11 Metapod Insect
12 Butterfree Insect
13 Weedle Insect
14 Kakuna Insect
15 Beedrill Insect
16 Pidgey Bird
17 Pidgeotto Bird
18 Pidgeot Bird
19 Rattata Mammal
20 Raticate Mammal
21 Spearow Bird
22 Fearow Bird
23 Ekans Reptile
24 Arbok Reptile
25 Pikachu Mammal
26 Raichu Mammal
27 Sandshrew Tougher one. But Mammal
28 Sandslash Mammal
29 Nidoran F. Mammal
30 Nidorina Mammal
31 Nidoqueen Reptile-Just because it isn't on Earth dosen't mean it isn't possible
32 Nidoran M. Mammal
33 Nidorino Mammal
34 Nidoking Reptile
35 Clefairy Mammal
36 Clefable Mammal
37 Vulpix Fire Mammal
38 Ninetales Mammal
39 Jigglypuff Mammal
40 Wigglytuff Mammal
41 Zubat Dosen't look like a natural bat which tells me it's a Reptile more like early birds which started as reptiles.
42 Golbat Reptile
43 Oddish Reptile/Plant
44 Gloom Reptile/Plant
45 Vileplume Reptile/Plant
46 Paras Insect maybe some sort or Arthropod?
47 Parasect Insect ^
48 Venonat Insect
49 Venomoth Insect
50 Diglett Mammal
51 Dugtrio Mammal
52 Meowth Mammal
53 Persian Mammal
54 Psyduck Could be a bird(duck), reptile(new species), or mammal(platypus) but I believe it is a mammal
55 Golduck Another strange one I say Amphibian which makes sense for a positive evolution of a land and water animal.
56 Mankey Mammal
57 Primeape Mammal
58 Growlithe Mammal
59 Arcanine Mammal
60 Poliwag Amphibian
61 Poliwhirl Amphibian
62 Poliwrath Amphibian
63 Abra Mammal
64 Kadabra Mammal
65 Alakazam Mammal
66 Machop Mammal
67 Machoke Mammal
68 Machamp Mammal
69 Bellsprout Plant
70 Weepinbell Plant
71 Victreebel Plant
72 Tentacool Mollusk
73 Tentacruel Mollusk
74 Geodude These are intresting but I am saying adapted mammals that have done so for camoflague
75 Graveler Mammal
76 Golem Mammal clear physsical mammalian traits.
77 Ponyta Mammal
78 Rapidash Mammal
79 Slowpoke Reptile
80 Slowbro Reptile
81 Magnemite Manmade-fits no where else
82 Magneton Manmade
83 Farfetch'd Bird
84 Doduo Bird
85 Dodrio Bird
86 Seel Mammal
87 Dewgong Mammal
88 Grimer I would say Fungi
89 Muk Fungi
90 Shellder Mollusk
91 Cloyster Mollusk
92 Gastly Ghost makes more sense than anything else.
93 Haunter Ghost
94 Gengar Ghost
95 Onix Reptile adapted
96 Drowzee Mammal
97 Hypno Mammal
98 Krabby Crusteaceans
99 Kingler Crusteaceans
100 Voltorb Manmade
101 Electrode Manmade
102 Exeggcute Reptile
103 Exeggutor Reptile/Plant
104 Cubone Reptile
105 Marowak Reptile
106 Hitmonlee Mammal
107 Hitmonchan Mammal
108 Lickitung Reptile
109 Koffing Reptile
110 Weezing Reptile
111 Rhyhorn Mammal
112 Rhydon Mammal
113 Chansey Mammal
114 Tangela Reptile/Plant I'm not sure what's under all those vines....
115 Kangaskhan Marsupial
116 Horsea Fish
117 Seadra Fish
118 Goldeen Fish
119 Seaking Fish
120 Staryu Echinoderms
121 Starmie Echinaderms
122 Mr. Mime Mammal
123 Scyther Insect
124 Jynx Mammal
125 Electabuzz Mammal
126 Magmar Reptile
127 Pinsir Insect
128 Tauros Mammal
129 Magikarp Fish
130 Gyarados Reptile
131 Lapras Reptile
132 Ditto Enlarged Amoeba?
133 Eevee Mammal
134 Vaporeon Amphibian/Mammal I think it has gills.....
135 Jolteon Mammal
136 Flareon Mammal
137 Porygon Manmade
138 Omanyte Mollusk
139 Omastar Mollusk
140 Kabuto Mollusk
141 Kabutops Mollusk
142 Aerodactyl Reptile
143 Snorlax Mammal
144 Articuno Bird
145 Zapdos Bird
146 Moltres Bird/Reptile
147 Dratini "Dragon" Amphibian whatever a sea-serpent is
148 Dragonair "Dragon" Amphibian
149 Dragonite "Dragon" Reptile
150 Mewtwo Reptile-Much more alienated body
151 Mew Mammal-Look at the paws and structure.

Critiques appreciated. Other generations will be up later this week/next week.

Mollusk="An organism in the phylum Mollusca (for example, snails, clams, or squids), whose soft, unsegmented body parts are frequently enclosed in a shell."

 

[water types rule]

I think there's already a What Pokemon are based off of thread.

 

[Glowstick_cult]

Tentacool and Tentacruel are jellyfish. Is that what you were after?
I always thought Slowpoke+Slowbro were mammals, having short fine hairs, similar to Mew's or something.
Lapras= reptile in my eyes.

And there was another thread somewhere...

 

[Ilex]

Lapras is a Dinosaur/Reptile IMO.
Amphibians are only Frogs/Newts/Turtles/Caecilians, not just any Pokemon that can live underwater and on land.

The Tentacool/Starmie lines have special groups, I can't remember the names.

 

[Spock]

I agree. Kinda like playtipuses. Or however you say it.

 

[Chibi Pika]

Actually, I believe turtles are reptiles, not amphibians. Amphibians don't have scales, and a lot of the Pokemon that were put into that group don't make sense (Gyarados?). And yes, Lapras is an eslamosaur, a reptile commonly thought of as a dinosaur. I guess Moltres is kinda Bird/Reptile. I dunno, it suppose it could resemble an Archeopteryx, but that's a stretch.

Overall, nice job on the chart, though.

I think there's already a What Pokemon are based off of thread.

This isn't like that, its claassifying Pokemon into scientific categorizations (Mammal, Bird, Reptile, Amphibian, Insect, Plant, ect.)

~Chibi~;249;<?>;rukario;

 

[water types rule]

Actually, I believe turtles are reptiles, not amphibians. Amphibians don't have scales, and a lot of the Pokemon that were put into that group don't make sense (Gyarados?). And yes, Lapras is an eslamosaur, a reptile commonly thought of as a dinosaur. I guess Moltres is kinds Bird/Reptile. I dunno, it suppose it could resemble an Archeoptyrx, but that's a stretch.

Overall, nice job on the chart, though.

This isn't like that, its claassifying Pokemon into scientific categorizations (Mammal, Bird, Reptile, Amphibian, Insect, Plant, ect.)

~Chibi~;249;<?>;rukario;

Oh.... ok. When's the 2nd gen? Probably a litle while off.

 

[◘Ins0mnIac◘]

Few updates made thanks for the comments.

"The Tentacool/Starmie lines have special groups, I can't remember the names." AHHHH Neither can I!!!

The only one mentioned I was sceptical about changing was Slowpoke/Slowbro so what do ya'll think?

 

[PDL]

go read a book on animal taxonimy before writing anymore because it's full of mistakes.

 

[◘Ins0mnIac◘]

go read a book on animal taxonimy before writing anymore because it's full of mistakes.

At least I know how to spell "taxonomy." ;-)

And I am trying to keep it where everyone understands the words since everyone isn't a freakin' genius like you.

 

[Yamato-san]

The Tentacool/Starmie lines have special groups, I can't remember the names.

Mollusks?

And just because Zenigame stays under water for long periods of time doesn't mean it's an amphibian. By your logic, dolphins are amphibians. Anyway, in reality, I think amphibians are classified the way they are because, just as feathers are unique to birds and producing milk is unique to mammals, amphibians have their own unique trait: having gills when young but having lungs as an adult. Given Pokemon's evolution system, in which species could grow old but stay unevolved (plus the fact that several, possibly all, aquatic Pokemon are perfectly capable of staying in both air and water), it'd probably be impossible to truley label anything as an amphibian.

 

[Magma Grunt Alex]

I could have sworn that I have seen a thread like this somewhere before...

Anyway... Just put ditto as a blob or transformer or something...

 

[PDL]

Mollusks?

techncially, Tentacool are jellyfish, which makes them from the Phylum Cnidaria

and Staryu/Starmie come from the Phylum Echinodermata

Mollousks would include Octillery and Magcargo.

 

[◘Ins0mnIac◘]

Thank you Mollusks is the word I was looking for.

 

[Seijiro Mafuné]

Um... Zubats and Golbats are supposed to be bats. Even if different. So they're mammals, aren't they?

Also, Porygon is manmade too...

 

[Akerin]

Mewtwo? Reptile? That doesn't make sense, as Mewtwo was (and this should be a given) cloned from Mew. If Mew's going to be a mammal then Mewtwo's got to be a mammal too. Just because it's got a few dino-like features (the tail is a good example) doesn't mean it's a reptile. I mean... by that logic Kangaroos must be reptiles too. Goodness knows they sure look different from cats. ;P

Edit:
And Zubat and Golbat would be mammals too. You're classifying way too many Pokemon as reptiles, when they shouldn't be.

 

[Komedic Konservationist]

I think that Pokemon like the Oddish and Bellsprout lines are actually merely plants with highly evolved nervous systems, like real-life venus flytraps. (Only much more advanced, that is) The Hoppip line is probably mamillian, since they vaguely resemble rabbits, and the Seedot line is also mamillian because of Nuzleaf's nipples.
Ditto is probably a collective amoeba, which can form itself into tiny versions of other Pokemon. And how is Moltres reptillian?

 

[Seijiro Mafuné]

Yanno, I guess all the Legendary Birds would have to be part reptilian, then...

Paras and Parasect are fungi.

 

[killerjaw01]

I would say Nidoqueen is a toughened kangaroo type creature, so a mammal.
Geodude could be manmade
Ditto is a single celled creature (like a bacteria/amoeba)
Zubat and Golbat are mammals (many bats look reptilius but are not)
Dratini evos could be mammal (rubbery skin does not mean it is reptilius!)

But... since Pokemon lay eggs, and none seem to suckle or anything, how could any be mammal?

 

[balladofwindfishes]

fish
reptiles
amphibians
birds
mammals
echidna's/platipi

Soft Stem Plants
Woody Stemmed Plants/trees/bushes
Vines
Ferns
Kelp

those are the REAL classification in biology