South American Pokemon

South American Pokemon

Because of its lush flora and tropical forests, South America is home to many Grass-Type Pokemon, including three Grass-Type starters. It's also home to the Legendary Pokemon Mew, who is said to be the ancestor to all Pokemon.

Other Pokemon native to South America include the Psychic-Type tapirs Munna and Musharna...

The Grass-Type Hoenn Starter Treecko, Grovyle, and Sceptile...

The Water-Type Hoenn Starter Mudkip, Marshtomp, and Swampert (Mexico)…

The Grass-Type Unova Starter Snivy, Servine, and Serperier...

The Fighting/Flying-Type predatory bird Hawlucha...

The Grass-Type Kalos Starter Chespin, Quiladin, and Chesnaught...

The interesting Normal/Flying-Type parrot Chatot...

The Water/Dark-Type piranha Carvanha...

The fascinating Flying-Type bird Oricorio*...

The classic Poison/Flying-Type bats Zubat, Golbat, and Crobat...

The Poison/Fighting-Type amphibians Croagunk and Toxicroak...

The Fire-Type anteater Heatmor…

The aqua mice and rabbit Azurill, Marill, and Azumarill...

The electric eel Pokemon Tynamo, Eelektric, and Eelektross...

The Bug/Electric-Type arachnids Joltik and Galvantula...

The adorable Normal-Type chinchillas Mincinno and Cincinno...

The Normal-Type sloths Slakoth, Vigoroth, and Slaking, though the latter is endangered...

The Grass-Type monkeys Pansage and Simisage...

The Electric-Type canines Electrike and Manectric...

The cute Normal-Type monkeys Aipom and Ambipom...

Wurmple, Cascoon, and Dustox…

The Psychic/Flying-Type birds Natu and Xatu...

The Water/Grass-Type Pokemon Lotad, Lombre, and Ludicolo...

The feminine Grass-Type Pokemon Bounsweet, Steenee, and Tsareena...

Torkoal, a Fire-Type tortoise that lives in the Galapagos...

The tropical Normal/Flying-Type birds Pikipek, Trumbeak, and Toucannon (Pikipek and Trumbeak also live in the US, but migrate to South America during the winter)…

The Grass-Type cactus Pokemon Maractus (Mexico)

The Ground/Electric-Type freshwater flatfish Stunfisk...

The strange Psychic/Flying-Type Pokémon Sigilyph…

The first Electric-Type Legendary Zapdos (Colombia and Venezuela)…

The cute but dangerous Steel/Fairy-Type Pokémon Mawile…

Alolan Exeggcutor, which is Grass/Dragon instead of Grass/Psychic...

And the somewhat underappreciated fish Pokémon Finneon and Lumineon.

I distributed these two to South American because Finneon's name is a play on 'fin' and 'neon', as in neon tetra. They're a small but popular species of fish that are often kept as pets.

These fish are native to South America, and are in fact, related to the piranha!

Lumineon is based on the angelfish, which also lives in South America. In fact, in the South American section at the New England Aquarium, the angelfish and neon tetra tanks are almost next to each other, indicating that both fish live in South America. However, Finneon and Lumineon are saltwater, while neon tetras and angelfish are freshwater.

*Oricorio's appearance and Type depends on what nectar it drinks. If it drinks red nectar, it becomes Fire/Flying. If it drinks yellow nectar, it becomes Electric/Flying. If it drinks pink nectar, it becomes Psychic/Flying. And finally, if it drinks purple nectar, it becomes Ghost/Flying.
That covers South American Pokemon. Tune in next week when we visit the Serengeti for African Pokemon!

North American Pokemon

North American Pokemon

These Pokemon can be caught in the 50 states of the United States of America, as well as neighboring countries. These Pokemon include Charmander, Charmeleon, and Charizard, which would live in the Rocky Mountains...

Rufflett and Braviary, which are based on bald eagles...

Alolan Rattata and Raticate, which are Normal/Dark instead of just Normal (these rodents would live in New York)...

Cacnea and Cacturne, which would live in desert areas in the US...

Sandygast and Palossand, haunted Ground/Ghost-Type sand castles (they would be native to the Bermuda Triangle)...

Zigzagoon and Linoone, which are based on a raccoon and a ferret respectively...

Wurmple, Silcoon, and Beautifly, which is based on the swallowtail butterfly (well, Beautifly is based on it)…

The gluttonous and lazy Munchlax and Snorlax (also found in Asia)...

The mysterious Rock-Type canines Rockruff and Lycanroc*...

The carnivorous Grass-Type Pokemon Carnivine (North and South Carolina)...

The Ground/Flying-Type scorpins Gligar and Gliscor (deserts)…

The Ice-Type polar bears Cubchoo and Beartic (Alaska)...

Delibird, a strange and goofy-looking Santa Claus bird (Alaska)…

Bouffalant, which is based on the American bison...

Burmy, Wormadam, and Mothim, which are based on the strange real-life insects, bagworms...

Teddiursa and Ursaring, which bare several traits to North American bears...

Popplio, Brionne, and Primarina, which I distributed to Florida and California...

Bergmite and Avalugg, which would live in the Arctic...

Bellosm, a pure-Grass alternative to Vileplume that lives in Hawaii...

The Dark/Poison-Type skunks Stunky and Skuntank...

The Grass-Type owls Rowlet, Dartrix, and Decidueye...

Basculin, a fish Pokemon that comes in either red or blue-stripes...

The Water/Ice-Type walruses Spheal, Sealeo, and Walrein (Alaska)…

Bidoof and Bibarel, which are based on a woodchuck and a beaver respectively...

Sunkern and Sunflora (the former of which has really poor stats)...

The Ground-Type ant-lions Trapinch, Vibrava, and Flygon...

The underappreciated Psychic-Type Legendary Cresselia...

The rather disturbing Ground-Type Pokemon Diglett and Dugtrio...

The Grass/Ice-Types Snover and Abomasnow (also found in Greenland)...

The Fire-Type horses Ponyta and Rapidash (Montana, Idaho, and Nevada)...

Deerling and Sawsbuck, whose appearance change depending on the season...

The Dragon-Type gastropods Goomy, Sliggoo, and Goodra (the Everglades)...

And Alolan Vulpix and Ninetales. These are Ice-Types instead of Fire, and would live in Arctic regions.

*Lycanroc has two forms: In Pokemon Sun, it looks like this.

In Pokemon Moon, it looks like this.

Both forms are pure Rock, but if you ask me, I think they should've made Midnight Lycanroc (the red one standing on its hind legs) Rock/Dark.
Speaking of Lycanroc, in Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, which will hit stores November 17th, there will be a new form of this Rock-Type canine: Dusk Lycanroc, which shares traits to both Midday(the brown one on all fours) and Midnight Lycanroc.

However, it will not be caught within the games. Instead, players who buy Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon this November will receive Dusk Lycanroc as a gift.

Some Pokemon native to the US, like Rowlet, Munchlax, and Trapinch, can also be found in Europe.
Well, that covers North American Pokemon. Tune in next week when we travel south for South American Pokemon! 
Update! 1-6-18: I decided to make Rockruff and Lycanroc exclusive to North America because I feel they're the closest we'll currently get to a coyote Pokemon, even though Lycanroc is officially classified as the 'Wolf Pokemon'. In return, I distributed Poochyena and Mightyena to both Europe and Asia.
Update! 1-24-18: I moved Corphish and Crawdaunt to Worldwide Pokemon because they are canonically invasive species.
Update! 5-22-18: Moved Togedemaru to African Pokémon because I feel it's more like a tenrec, a strange hedgehog-like creature found only in Madagascar.