All animals in the anime have been despicted as very normal Pokemon. Usually normal types since they seem to be based on animals the most
Popular Animal/Pokemon what they were doing
>Johanna used to use her Glameow as her main contest Pokemon but is now just her pet
This replaces the roles of common house cats
>In the Pokemon Movie 2000: "The Power of One" wild pidgey were seen acting up because of the weather changes that were taking place because of the legendary birds being caught be Lawrence III
This behaviour is often seen with animals when the weather drastically changes and to be specific when bad weather is arriving
>In the Best Wishes seasons a herd of Bouffalant were seen grazing on a field
In our world this is just done by Buffalos which Bouffalant are based off
There are a lot more but these examples were just to make things a little bit clearer :3