A/N: If Gen 8 makes anything that demands I edit old entries, I will. Otherwise, I will just have to stretch and keep writing new entries as I have been.
Bidoof
Normal
1 male/1 female
Bibarel
Normal/Water
1 male/1 female
Victims of the fur trade and companions for sailors and carpenters.
Description
Bidoof is a semi-aquatic rodent. Aside from the cream fur on the belly, it is covered in a dense brown fur with multiple layers that help preserve heat underwater. It has a squat, rounded body comparable to a small barrel. Fine webbing between the digets of its feet aids in swimming. From head to its knobby tail, it is about as long as a man's forearm. Male Bidoof have tails with extra tufts/knobs of fur. Bibarel is a larger creature, standing at thigh height to a human when on all fours. It has a long, flat tail that serves as efficient aquatic propulsion. Male Bibarel have tufts of light fur around the eyes that are not present in females.
The Simple-minded southern subspecies have radical reactions to all stat alterations. The swamplands subspecies is able to exert a bizarre psychic field that makes it Oblivious to stat alterations by the foe and ignores the alterations. In northern lands, they tend to be Moody and chaotic.
Battle Characteristics
Constitution is moderate-high. Strength is moderate-high. Toughness and Resistance are both moderate. Power is medium. Speed is moderate.
Bibarel's move pool can be described as eclectic or a grab bag of odds and ends. It only learns Water Gun to support its Water typing naturally, and has a smattering of other moves among its Normal list. And it only continues the trend of mixed moves with TMs and Tutoring.
Legends/Folklore
Bidoof does not seem to have a startle response. To anything. It might not be the cleverest Pokémon, but it will calmly assess a situation and act.
Bidoof and Bibarel are steady workers. They do not hurry, and they do not slack off.
The fossil record suggests that they became semi-aquatic to avoid land-bound predators.
Bidoof have good senses for the stability of a ship, and have been used as indicators of sea-worthiness. If they board a ship, it will float. If they jump off, the ship is minutes or less from sinking.
Life Cycle/Evolution Conditions
Bidoof can safely leave to build their own nest at four months, but may stick around with their families for years. At 15 years, they evolve. They can live for fifty years.
Diet
Herbivores. They eat berries, leaves, and wood.
Breeding
Water 1 and Field groups. Mating season is late winter, and the eggs hatch in late spring. Eggs come in clutches of 3-5. One egg costs 28,000P.
Wild Behavior/Threat Level
They ignore humans, and are rarely aggressive.
Bonding and Care
They are not the smartest Pokémon and respond best to busywork.
Human/Pokémon Relations
The dams they build have a positive effect for humans: they prevent rivers from flooding their banks except in the worst floods. In some areas, there are laws against disturbing these Pokémon much and seasons of catching them based on their population reaching overcrowding status.
With Family
Cuddly hug-toys for children given their calm natures.
Team Compatibility
They are eaten by a some larger predators.
Warning
Their teeth need to be ground down and they will damage a house if nothing else is available.
Summary
Fuzzy aquatic engineers.