#0600 · Generation V
What Animal Is Klang Based On?
Klang is mostly a fantasy design, but its closest real animal is the Common Pill Woodlouse.
Closest animal
Common Pill WoodlouseConfidence
Broad or mixed-animal match
How Klang compares to the real Common Pill Woodlouse
Klang's official category is the Gear Pokémon. AnimalDex rates its resemblance to the Common Pill Woodlouse as a broad match, meaning the animal is one influence in a largely fantasy design. Klang is a set of large and small gears, mostly a machine design. Its rolling, wheel-shaped body is loosely like a curled-up pill woodlouse. The comparison is shape only.
The comparison covers looks and behavior cues, not biology: Klang is a fictional Pokémon, while the Common Pill Woodlouse (Armadillidium vulgare) is a real animal. On AnimalDex the real Common Pill Woodlouse scores 2 for dominance, 4 for speed, 1 for size and 4 for intelligence, out of 100, so its strongest trait is speed.
Official category: Gear Pokemon. This page is an AnimalDex comparison for real-animal resemblance, not an official design-origin claim.
Meet the real Common Pill Woodlouse
Armadillidium vulgare
A land-living crustacean up to about 18 mm long, more closely related to crabs and shrimps than to insects. When disturbed it rolls into an almost perfect ball, tucking head, legs and soft underside inside its overlapping plates. The ball also slows the loss of water from the body.
How to recognize it
- High-domed, smooth, glossy slate-grey body
- Rear end evenly rounded, with no projecting tail appendages
- Seven pairs of legs in adults
Real Common Pill Woodlouse facts
- It breathes through lung-like organs on the underside near the tail, visible as white patches, and these must stay moist to work.
- Its blood carries oxygen with a copper-based pigment, haemocyanin, and is pale blue rather than red.
- Diet
- Dead leaves, rotting wood and other decaying plant matter, with some fungi, algae and tender seedlings. It shreds this material with its mouthparts and also eats its own droppings, passing food through the gut a second time.
- Lifespan
- Usually 2 to 3 years, with some individuals reaching 4.
- Predators and threats
- Woodlouse-hunting spiders of the genus Dysdera, whose long fangs can pierce the armour, take many, as do centipedes, ground beetles, shrews, toads and some birds. It depends on plates hardened with calcium carbonate and on staying hidden in daylight.
| Dominance | Speed | Size | Intelligence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2/100 | 4/100 | 1/100 | 4/100 |
Klang animal FAQ
- What animal is Klang based on?
- Klang is mostly a fantasy design, but its closest real animal is the Common Pill Woodlouse. Klang is a set of large and small gears, mostly a machine design. Its rolling, wheel-shaped body is loosely like a curled-up pill woodlouse. The comparison is shape only.
- Is Klang a real animal?
- No. Klang is a fictional Pokémon. Its closest real counterpart is the Common Pill Woodlouse (Armadillidium vulgare), which AnimalDex covers with real field-guide facts.
- What is the real Common Pill Woodlouse like?
- A land-living crustacean up to about 18 mm long, more closely related to crabs and shrimps than to insects. When disturbed it rolls into an almost perfect ball, tucking head, legs and soft underside inside its overlapping plates. The ball also slows the loss of water from the body.
- Which other Pokémon are based on the Common Pill Woodlouse?
- AnimalDex also pairs Klink, Klinklang, Rolycoly, Carkol and Coalossal with the Common Pill Woodlouse.
More Common Pill Woodlouse comparisons in Generation V
| No. | Pokemon | Closest animal | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| #0599 |  Klink | broad | |
| #0601 |  Klinklang | broad |