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Saber cats are extinct which means that they no longer exist
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Is a cheata as fast as a saber-toothed?
Saber toothed cats were not built for speed, and probably relied mostly on stealth to catch their prey. Cheetahs, however, can run at up to 75 miles per hour. The cheetah was definitely faster than the saber toothed cat.
What are the structural differences between the saber-toothed and the present-day tiger?
First, saber toothed cats are not a type of prehistoric tiger. The name saber toothed tiger is a misnomer, and saber toothed cats are not ancestral to tigers. That said, saber toothed cats had very long canine teeth, which tigers do not have. Some saber toothed cats, such as Smilodon, had longer front legs than hind legs, which is different from tigers. They ran in a manner more similar to bears than to that of cats like tigers. They also had very strong upper bodies for tackling large prey, such as bison, which they then dispatched with their saber teeth.
Did dogs have a dinosaur relative like the cats had the saber-toothed?
No. For one thing, saber-toothed cats were mammals, like modern cats are, not dinosaurs. Although there were some members of the dog family larger than most of those today. Dinosaurs belong to an entirely different branch of animals more closely related to birds and modern reptiles.
How did saber-toothed tigers travel?
Saber toothed cats traveled by walking on four legs. They had longer forelimbs than hind limbs, because they needed maximum strength to tackle large prey. However, this meant that saber toothed cats could not run very quickly.
What are the descendents of a saber-toothed tiger?
Saber toothed cats have no modern descendants.Although modern cats and saber-toothed cats both belong to the family Felidae, modern cats are from the sub-families Pantherinae (like lions and tigers from the genus Panthera and clouded leopards from the genus Neofelis) and Felinae (like servals, lynxes, ocelots, cougars, cheetahs, and house cats) while all saber toothed cats were from the completely separate and now extinct sub-family Machairodontinae.
Are sabertooh tigers and African lions realted?
The ancestors of saber toothed cats and lions diverged at least 23 million years ago. Although they both belong to the family Felidae, they are part of different subfamilies, lions belonging to the Pantherinae subfamily, but saber toothed cats belonged to the Maicharodontinae subfamily. Long and the short of it, saber toothed cats and lions belong to the same family, but tigers, leopards, and jaguars are far more closely related to lions than they were to saber toothed cats.
Can cats run faster than humans?
yes
How long did saber toothed tigers live for?
There were many types of saber toothed cats. If you are referring to the most famous genus, Smilodon, they existed on Earth for nearly 1.8 million years. The whole subfamily of saber-toothed cats existed for 22.989 million years. There were also a number of other unrelated animals referred to as saber toothed. As far as life span, I would guess that they lived less than 20 years, similar to wild lions.
Are Dutch rabbits faster than cats?
Yes cos they are rabbits!
What relatives did the saber-toothed tigers have?
Saber-toothed tiger did not only have massive teeth, but they also had a mixture of spots AND stripes. It was common to have more stripes than spots. Spots usually appeared on the head of the saber-toothed tiger, and were mostly black and gray. :)
What are facts about saber-toothed tigers?
There were several species of smilodon, the sabre toothed cat. Some were leopard sized, others were even larger than Siberian tigers. The smilodon were apex predators, and fed on animals larger than themselves, such as elk and bison. The line went extinct around 10,000 years ago.1. Saber toothed cats are not tigers. In fact, they belong to a separate subfamily than all other cats.2. The name for the saber toothed cat subfamily is Machairodontinae. They existed for 22 million years before the died out 10,000 years ago. They have been found in the Americas, Eurasia, and Africa.3. The largest type of saber toothed cat was Smilodon populator. It weighed up to 1,000 lbs.4. Saber toothed cats weren't fast runners.5. Saber toothed cats could open their mouth 90 degrees!its deadThe Saber Tooth Tiger was native to North and South America. They were carnivores. Saber Tooth Tigers had hyoid bones, which are only found in animals that can roar like the lion.they are extinct
Did hunters hunt the saber-toothed tiger for its fur?
We don't really know, but it's likely not a reason they would have been hunted. Saber toothed cats would have competed with humans of the time, would have been difficult to kill, offered less than palatable meat. But modern humans have hunted big cats in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe (the European lion was hunted to extinction before the advent of firearms) with little more than nets and bladed weapons for millennia.
