If Equestria and ponies were to be discovered to exist, what would scientists call them?

[DJShy 873]

On 7/10/2018 at 11:37 AM, Miti said:

sapien is the suffix genus for "man".  if it were to translate like that, equinus sapien would translate to "horse man", which suggests a bipedal creature rather than a quadruped...

So what you’re saying is...

 

”Equinus Sapien” would be scientist for Centaur?

[Lord Valtasar 12,690]

I don't know how they'd call them.probably some overly complicated latin term

One thing is certain though.they'd probably would be very interested in studying unicorn magic

[EpicEnergy 23,218]

I'm not sure what their scientific names would be, but I'm sure they would just be called Equestrians or ponies.

[Tom Gallagher 33,588]

Our Little Ponies!!! 

[Splashee 28,564]

The would be called "Bronies", and they do exist (they just don't know they are horses from another world yet)

4 hours ago, TomDaBombMLP said:

Our Little Ponies!!! 

Maybe "My Little Pony" would be better, since they are property of