solving this question will be my very first task once Pokémon HOME compatibility comes for Scarlet and Violet it’s eating me alive

for that matter, when you breed common (Kantonian) Tauros in Paldea what do you get?

i WANT there to be such a thing as “Paldean Tauros” (regional variant with 3 forms) but there could just as easily just be “Tauros” (common variant with 4 forms, 3 of which are only obtainable in Paldea)

the only distinguishing factor between regional variant and form is that eggs match the region they are created in but match the form of the mother

BUT regional variant is commonly considered a higher level of differentiation than form (e·g regional variants have different evolutionary families in the T·C·G; A·O·3 syns form and gender to the common species but leaves regional variants distinct)

now i am wondering how A·O·3 handles White-Striped Basculin and i’m scared to find out

nobody has written a White-Striped Basculin fic yet to nobody's surprise

somebody has written a Combat Breed Tauros fic but they tagged it “Paldean Tauros”

it isn't synned yet but buddy they still haven't wrangled “Meowscarada”