Pokemon are literally yokai and always have been
For that reason many Pokedex entries read like a really short fairytale and Pokemon designs are based on folklore from all across the globe. A very good example is the very Pokemon this thread is about
A quadrupedal predator with the face of a human woman that is also designed like the ying-yang and it's mega is a sphinx
That's a not a fucking a animal, it's creative and based unlike most posters on here