There are currently 806 known species of creatures that inhabit the Pokémon world, however, it is implied that there are more waiting to be discovered. In the games, each Pokémon has a distinct voice associated with each species. In the anime, most Pokémon are known only to say their name. Pokémon typically know several techniques that they can use in battle or elsewhere, either to defend themselves or their Trainer, or to perform a task. Many Pokémon are known to evolve from or into other Pokémon, a process that typically makes them larger and stronger, and could be seen as the equivalent to 'growing up'. However, all can be befriended by humans and made into potential allies. Pokémon take up various ways of living in those places. Pokémon inhabit an extremely diverse range of habitats, ranging from the driest deserts to the lushest jungles, the deepest oceans to the highest mountains and everything else in-between, even space and other dimensions.

While most Pokémon resemble animals and may behave like them, there are many that do not resemble animals at all taking on other forms such as plants, inanimate objects, machines, human-like forms or other more enigmatic and exotic appearances. Pokémon are shown to exist instead of animals in their world.

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