The tail of a male Bidoof consists of five tufts of fur, while the tail of a female only has three.
Special abilities
Behavior
Bidoof need to constantly gnaw on hard substances to keep their teeth ground down, since they grow constantly. Without something to gnaw on, they become violent because of the pain and inconvience the unwiedly growing teeth cause.
Habitat
Bidoof build their nests along the side of bodies of water.
Bidoof is a frequent topic of ridicule of Pokémon forums because his appearence, the frequency of encountering him in-game, and the fact that his name is derrived from the word doofus. Players joke about using a team of all Bidoof or claim that he is the most powerful Pokémon in existance.
Origin
Bidoof appears to be based on a beaver, guineapig or hamster.
Name origin
Its name is derived from "beaver" and "doofus". Bidoof's Japanese name is derived from the English word beaver. In Japanese, ビーバー is the same word, but it is pronounced more closely to Bipper's name than the English pronunciation.