
The main reason regarding why species go extinct is usually either species lacking players and slowly dying off or becoming too large and hated to not go extinct. Many species are known for often getting in territory wars with their neighbors and civil wars between themselves. Some can start out hostile towards others or themselves.


A species can start off as innocent and welcoming, then slowly grow in number and become obnoxious or vice-versa. Their behavior can also vary and change over time. Species usually work in the following way: a large amount of the species appears on the game, and depending on where it goes afterwards, the species will either die off, become large and bothersome for other ponies around them, or live long enough to simply be widely accepted.

The word "species" acts as an umbrella term for every creature in the game that isn't a pony, it's very likely that species were the very first type of groups to exist on Pony Town before regiments and scouts spiked in popularity. Shorks and Screes were possibly the first species to exist in the game. Species are unique Pony Town creatures that are mostly created and invented by players, however there are also canon species that are occasionally taken from the My Little Pony Franchise like for example: the changelings.
