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Was a Homotherium a type of prehistoric wolf?
No, Homotherium is the name for a particular genus of saber-toothed tigers.
What type of organism is a saber-toothed tiger?
The saber-toothed tiger, scientifically known as Smilodon, is an extinct genus of large carnivorous mammals that belonged to the subfamily Machairodontinae within the family Felidae. They lived during the Pleistocene epoch and are known for their elongated canine teeth. Despite the name, they are more closely related to modern big cats like lions and tigers than to any actual tigers. Saber-toothed tigers were apex predators, primarily hunting large herbivores.
What is the sabortooth cats real namein scientific language?
The genus for the many species of saber-toothed tigers is Smilodon. Smilodon Fatalis is the most commonly known variety of the genus.
If they were still alive how old would sabertooth tigers be?
Saber-toothed cats including the taxonomic subfamily Machairodontinae existed for as long as 42 million years, but the last species of genus Smilodon became extinct between 10,000 and 11,000 years ago.
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.
What is a scimitic cat?
Scimitar cat is a now extinct genus of saber toothed cats. It is believed to have inhabited South America, North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. They became extinct about 10000 years ago.
What is the genus of a saber-toothed tiger?
Smilodon
What did the Sabre toothed cat eat?
Saber toothed cats ate a variety of herbivorous, big game animals. These would have varied depending on the time, location, and type of saber toothed cat, but the most famous genus of saber toothed cat, Smilodon, probably hunted bison, deer, horses, camelops (American camels), and maybe even Columbian mammoths and giant ground sloths.
Were does saber-toothed tigers live?
Fossils of saber toothed cats have been found on all continents except Australia and Antarctica. Smilodon, the most famous genus of saber toothed cat lived in North and South America. There were other animals, too, that resembled saber toothed cats (although they weren't closely related) that have been unearthed in Australia.
What is the scientific name for the saber toothed tiger?
There were many species, and each one has its own scientific name. All saber toothed cats belong to the subfamily Machairodontinae. One example would be Smilodon fatalis, a species belonging to the most famous genus of saber toothed cat.
What is the saber-toothed tigers species and genus?
The saber toothed cats were a subfamily of cats, scientifically referred to as Machairodontinae. Over there nearly 30 million year existence on all continents except Australia and Antarctica, Machairodontinae had many genera and even more species.One of the most famous genera was Smilodon, which became extinct only about 10,000 years ago. The three known species are Smilodon fatalis, Smilodon gracilis, and Smilodon populator.
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.
