Although none of them have ever been found... let's say with skin on the bone, it was said that they were a silver version of the Saber-tooth, and had a tail like a Bob-Cat. They had a silver/bay fur, that was dappled like a Bobcat also, but huge fangs like a Saber-tooth.
Big build, the size of a lion, and feasted on small mammoths and other mammals such as the horse of their age.
The scimitar cat survived mostly on young wooly mammoth that would have wandered away from the herd.
The scimitar cat, known as Homotherium in the scientific community, was about 7 feet long. They weighed about as much as a male African lion.
diet:carnivor and was one of the first cats
The scimitar cat, also known as Homotherium, primarily hunted mammoth calves. That would be almost impossible to do frequently without a pack, so it is likely that Homotherium lived in packs.
The scimitar cat is the lesser known of the two 'sabre-toothed' cats of ice age North America. This extinct cat was a formidable hunter and evidence suggests it was the major predator of mammoths during its time. Scimitar cats were about the size of a modern lion but had longer, more slender limbs. Their most distinctive feature was their sabre-like teeth a feature that they shared with their American cousins, sabre-toothed cats. Several key features distinguish scimitar cats from sabre-tooths. The canine teeth of scimitar cats were shorter and more slender than those of the sabre-tooth and were finely serrated, making them powerful slicing tools. The scimitar cat had a somewhat unusual build with comparatively long front legs, a sloping back and shorter hind legs. From the structure of the hyoid bones in the throat of Smilodon, we know it could roar.
They existed in North America, Asia, Africa, and Europe during the Pliocene and Pleistocene ages.
Scimitar cats were about the size of today's lion. They had relatively long forelimbs, short powerful hind-limbs and short, lynx-like tails. The upper fangs were shorter and flatter than those of sabre-tooth cats and they curved like a scimitar. The edges were razor-sharp and serrated. Height: 1.1m (3.5ft) at the shoulder, Weight: 150-250 kg (330-550lb)
Nine lives of a cat
Allegedly a cat has 9 lives.
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.
a cat has 9 lives to live
a cat that lives on the beach....