1.They are the most widespread and abundant equid in the world today, although their welfare depends on conservation programs aimed at maintaining their habitat and preventing overhunting.
8.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.
9.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.
10.For instance, the eight species of wild equids (horses and their relatives) vary greatly in disposition, even though all eight are genetically so close to each other that they will interbreed and produce healthy (though usually sterile) offspring.