Rattata Family

OAK'S FOSSORIAL RATTATA FAMILY

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[Notes: Let's just say a Fossorial Rattata was the best thing I could do with this Pokémon. While doing my research for inspiration, I found that most of the Rattata variations on the internet are either the cross-breed variants or just plain fur and colour variants. With my agenda to change the types of my variants as realistically as possible, this seemed like the best option to base my Rattata subspecies on. Also, a reference to Blue Oak's Dead Raticate creepypasta. Please review…]

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Named after the famous Pokémon scientist Gary Oak who first discovered the subspecies, the Fossorial Rattata are pretty common around any rocky terrain in Alneo Region. The reason why this branch of Rattata family tree has adapted to a fossorial life despite the abundance of forests in Alneo is still unknown.

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Needless to say, this family has adapted itself completely for underground life. Major distinctive features include sharp claws, stronger teeth and heavy bulk with dense, rough fur that help in burrowing under the hard rocky ground.

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The Fossorial Raticate are comparatively smaller in size than their common or Alolan brethren, but are far more agile. Also, the small pieces of rocks get trapped in their wirebrush-esque fur, thus enhancing the endurance. A fossorial Raticate is capable of making a burrow of several 100 feet depth in a single day.

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These Rattata and their evolved forms are generally more shy and docile than their other relatives. Whether this change of nature is due to their chosen habitat, or the other way round, is debatable. These Pokémon live in large colonies of around fifty individuals. The male Raticate are tasked with caring the young ones while the larger and more competitive females search for food. Unlike their relatives that are either entirely diurnal or entirely nocturnal, this subspecies is metaturnal, active during both day and night at random intervals of time.