would you call a unicorn an animal?

Technically, it can't be classified because it doesn't exist, meaning that there's not enough evidence to classify it as anything.

Calling it a mythical creature is better.

Technically, it can't be classified because it doesn't exist, meaning that there's not enough evidence to classify it as anything.

Calling it a mythical creature is better.

DeeJayInphinity

But creatures are animals, so therefore Unicorns are animals.

Technically, it can't be classified because it doesn't exist, meaning that there's not enough evidence to classify it as anything.

Calling it a mythical creature is better.

DeeJayInphinity

Exactly. I was just going to say creature, but even those can exist in relative terms. Mythical Creature is the best description.

If it existed yes

But it's a Mythological Creature if we can call it that

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Technically, it can't be classified because it doesn't exist, meaning that there's not enough evidence to classify it as anything.

Calling it a mythical creature is better.

tehdiabetic

But creatures are animals, so therefore Unicorns are animals.

The word mythical would imply that it is nonexistant and creatures don't necessarily have to be animals, they're basically anything besides a human being. It can be an extraterrestial creature, or in this case, a mythical creature that does not exist.

Mythical would also imply that the creature is not known to have existed. So, something like a dodo cannot be a mythical creature since it did exist at some point.

Creature can also mean "something created," so in this case, the unicorn was created by the writers of ancient folklore.

Thus, a unicorn cannot be an animal compared to the animals that we have come to know because it never existed. Mythical creature is more fitting.