Equids originally evolved in North America.

动物最初在北美演化出来。

Horses and ponies are actually members of the same species, equus calibus.

和小型其实同一物种成员，也就动物。

Various ideas have been tossed around in the last 150 years about the African equids' stripes.

在过去150年里，关于非洲动物身上条纹有各种各样观点。

Equines are the subfamily of equids that includes modern horses.

动物包括现代在内动物亚。

So whether you're riding high up on a horse or practicing prancing with a pony, they're all equines in the end.

所以不管你骑着高高，还和小型一起练习跳跃，它们其实都动物。

So, as they became increasingly adapted to their grassy new environment, equines thrived throughout the Miocene.

因此， 随着它们越来越适应新草地环境，动物在整个中新世蓬勃发展。

And one of the most important likely descendants of Miohippus was an equid that was even better adapted to life on the plains: Parahippus.

Miohippus 最重要可能后代之一一种更适应平原生活动物：Parahippus。

Bovids, equids and, in particular, canids, were put to work by H.sapiens; felids always took a slightly different view of the matter, but were indulged for their rodent-catching talents.

牛动物、动物，尤其犬动物，都由智人分工；猫动物略有不同，但受宠原因主要捕捉啮齿类生物天性。

Then, as the Pliocene Epoch opened about 4 million years ago, one of the single-toed groups of equines finally gave rise to Equus, the genus of the modern horse.

然后，随着大约 400 万年前上新世时代开始，单趾动物群中一个终于进化出了现代属属。