Instead, Archaeocyon and most of the early borophagines were small, opportunistic omnivores, kinda like raccoons.

相反，Archaeocyon 和大多数早期的 borophagines 都是小型的机会主义杂食动物，有点像浣熊。

Now, for years, scientists thought that these were signs that borophagines were scavengers.

现在，多年来，科学家们一直认为这些迹象表明硼噬菌素是清道夫。

So there's no reason to think the borophagines acted differently.

所以没有理由认为 borophagines 的行为不同。

And while dire wolves didn't have the jaw strength of their cousins, the borophagines, they could still crack open bones.

虽然恐狼没有它们的表亲食骨狼那样的颚部力量，但它们仍然可以咬开骨头。

And the biggest canids that ever lived were the borophagines, also known as the bone-crushing dogs, which I've talked about before.

有史以来最大的犬科动物是 borophagines，也被称为碎骨犬，我之前已经谈过。

But it wasn't until about 3 million years ago, when the borophagines were declining, that canines started to become wolf-sized.

但直到大约 300 万年前，当食齿动物数量减少时，犬科动物才开始变得像狼那么大。