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TiPB: Pokemon Taxonomy
Topics in Pokemon Biology: Pokemon Taxonomy
Taxonomy is the science of determining the evolutionary relationships between different species. In the study of pokemon, this is a particularly difficult task, as even the term 'Pokemon' is not a scientific one. Rather, it is a category comprising many unrelated creatures, sharing only the trait of being able to be controlled and trained, and being over eight inches fully grown. 'Pokemon,' then, is a fluid concept, constantly being revised.
There are, however, biological classifications for pokemon. Some of these, both taxonomic and non-taxonomic, are covered below.
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