Evolution/Evolution families/Branched evolution

Several families, while also one- and two-evolution families, are also branched evolution families. What this means is that there is a split in the evolutionary line at some point so that even though two Pokémon of the same species evolve the same amount of times, they can become one of two or more entirely different creatures. is the best-known example of this, evolving eight different ways depending on the method used. An example of this type of evolution family is below.

Currently no non-glitch instances are known where two different Pokémon species can evolve into the same Pokémon.