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  1. www.britannica.com › animal › saber-toothed-catSabre-toothed cat | Size, Extinction, & Facts | Britannica

    Aug 9, 2024 · The most widely known genus of sabre-toothed cats is Smilodon, the “sabre-toothed tiger.”. A large, short-limbed cat that lived in North and South America during the Pleistocene Epoch, it was about the size of the modern African lion (Panthera leo) and represents the peak of sabre-tooth evolution.

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      Smilodon, extinct genus of large mammalian carnivores known...

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › SmilodonSmilodon - Wikipedia

    2 days ago · It is one of the best known saber-toothed predators and prehistoric mammals. Although commonly known as the saber-toothed tiger, it was not closely related to the tiger or other modern cats, belonging to the extinct subfamily Machairodontinae, with an estimated date of divergence from the ancestor of living cats around 20 million years ago.

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  5. www.smithsonianmag.com › smithsonian-institution‘Fearsome’ Saber-Toothed Cats Needed Their Baby Teeth and ...

    Aug 20, 2024 · Sabers, the long knife-like canine teeth that grew from the upper jaw, appeared in many mammals over evolutionary time, including some animals called nimravids that looked a lot like cats,...

  6. www.neatorama.com › 2024/08/20 › The-Frightenig-BabyThe Frightening Baby Teeth of a Saber-Toothed Tiger

    Aug 20, 2024 · The saber-toothed tiger ( Smilodon fatalis) was a cat that went extinct about 12,000 years ago. It got its nickname (and probably the species name fatalis) from its fangs that could grow up to seven inches long. But it was still a cat, a mammal, and started out life suckling milk from its mother.

  7. www.schooltube.com › unlocking-natures-menu-a-kidUnlocking Nature's Menu: A Kid-Friendly Guide to Herbivores ...

    20 hours ago · Large, flat molars: These are their plant-crushing powerhouses! Eyes on the sides of their heads: This gives them a wider field of vision to watch out for predators while they graze. Examples of herbivores: Mammals: Elephants, giraffes, horses, rabbits, cows, sheep, deer. Birds: Parrots, geese, pigeons.

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  9. www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com › mississippi-manMississippi Man Found 10,000-Year-Old Saber-Toothed Tiger ...

    Aug 23, 2024 · A fossilized toe bone found in Yazoo County, Mississippi, is a rare example of a bone from a saber-toothed cat, or saber-toothed tiger, as they are often called. (Eddie Templeton/Special To The Clarion-Ledger.) Templeton’s find, a crystallized toe bone, is an extraordinary addition to the small number of saber-toothed tiger fossils discovered ...

  10. www.treehugger.com › extinct-animals-that-could-be14 Extinct Animals That Could Be Resurrected - Treehugger

    Aug 21, 2024 · Looking at the epic canine teeth of these once-fearsome cats of Pleistocene lore, you may wonder whether resurrecting saber-toothed cats is a good idea.

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