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What is the scientific name for the saber toothed tiger?
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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.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 15y agoThe saber-toothed tiger is classified in the genus Smilodon. The genus is extinct. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Subfamily: Machairodontinae Genus: Smilodon
Three species are known to have existed: S. fatalis,S. gracilis, and S. populator.
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∙ 11y agoThe scientific name for the saber tooth tiger is Smilodon fatalis, which translated to English means "fatal smile".
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Scientific name for saber-toothed tiger?
The scientific name for the saber-tooth tiger is Smilidon Fatalis
What is a scientific name for a saber-toothed tiger?
Smilodon fatalis is the scientific name of one species of saber toothed cat.
What is the scientific name for saber-toothed tiger?
Its called a Smilodon.
What is the real name for a saber toohted tiger?
The common name is saber toothed cats. There were many species of saber toothed cat, but they all belonged to the subfamily Machairodontinae. The scientific name of one of the most well known saber toothed cat species is Smilodon fatalis.
What is the scientific name for a Saber-toothed cat?
The saber toothed cats are a subfamily that are known to scientists as the Machairodontinae. There were many genera and species, and each species has its own scientific name. One of the most famous of the saber toothed cats had the scientific name Smilodon fatalis.
What is an adult saber-toothed tiger called?
The real scientific name for sabertoothed tigers of all ages was smilodon.
What is a saber-toothed cat?
A saber-toothed cat is another name for the saber-toothed tiger - any of various members of species of extinct cat-like animals of the Machairodontinae subfamily of Felidae.
What is the name of the saber-toothed girl tiger in ice age?
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What is the name of the now-friendly saber-toothed tiger The Meltdown?
In the movie "Ice Age 2: The Meltdown" (and also in the other two "Ice Age" movies), the name of the saber-toothed tiger is Diego.
Is a sabertooth an adjective?
No. The word "sabertooth" (sabretooth) is a short form noun for the extinct tiger species. The adjective form would be "saber-toothed" as in their other name, the "saber-toothed tiger."
Was the saber-toothed tiger the first cat of the world?
First of all you should know that the correct name for these beasts is Sabre-toothed Cats. There is no such thing as a saber-toothed tiger. There were many species of sabre-toothed cats, and no they were not the first cats of all time.
Is it called saber tooth or saber tooth tiger?
it's correct name is Smilodon, but saber-toothed cats have been called saber-toothed tigers despite the fact that they aren't closely related.
