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1. Homotherium - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homotherium
Description: WebHomotherium is an extinct genus of machairodontine scimitar-toothed cat that inhabited North America, South America, Eurasia, and Africa during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs from around 4 million to 12,000 years ago.
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2. American Scimitar Cat | Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre
Link: https://beringia.com/exhibit/ice-age-animals/american-scimitar-cat
Description: WebThe scimitar cat was the second largest feline species to live in Yukon during the Ice Age (after the Beringian lion) — weighing in around 200 kilograms. Their meagre fossil record indicated they were relatively rare, and their populations …
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3. Homotherini - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homotherini
Description: WebHomotherini is a tribe (or subtribe) of saber-toothed cats of the family Felidae (true cats). The tribe is commonly known as scimitar-toothed cats. These saber-toothed cats were distributed en North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America from the Miocene to Pleistocene living from c. 23 Ma until c. 12,000 years ago.
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4. Scimitar Cat - Bering Land Bridge National Preserve (U.S.
Link: https://www.nps.gov/bela/learn/historyculture/scimitar-cat.htm
Description: WebApr 15, 2015 · Take a look at its skull. Do you see the enlarged nasal openings? This adaptation allowed it to breathe in extra air, letting the scimitar cat run at speeds of 40 mph (64 kph)! After reaching its prey, the cat used its four-inch-long serrated front canine teeth to inflict deadly wounds.
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5. Scimitar Cat | Explore the Ice Age Midwest
Link: https://iceage.museum.state.il.us/mammals/scimitar-cat-0
Description: WebScimitar cats were apex carnivores who preyed on large mammals. Their association with hundreds of mammoths at Friesenhahn Cave in Texas, and the remains of numerous mastodons at Gassaway Fissure in Tennessee suggests they may have been relatively specialized predators of proboscideans.
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6. This Ancient Cat with "Steak-Knife Teeth" Walked Alongside Early Humans
Link: https://roaring.earth/ancient-saber-toothed-cat-encountered-early-humans/
Description: WebBut new research is changing what scientists thought they knew about one of those animals — a giant saber-toothed cat with long, serrated steak-knife teeth that may have existed alongside early modern humans. Homotherium — or the scimitar cat, as this massive predator is commonly called — once prowled across the Americas and Europe.
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7. Yukon fossil from scimitar cat part of groundbreaking research …
Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-scimitar-cat-fossil-saber-tooth-research-zazula-1.5766194
Description: WebOct 17, 2020 · A bone from a long dead scimitar cat — a type of sabre tooth cat — found in the Klondike almost a decade ago is giving researchers a wealth of information about the cats and may open the door...
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8. The Softer Side of Sabercats | Science| Smithsonian Magazine
Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/softer-side-sabercats-180977833/
Description: WebJun 1, 2021 · The ancient scimitar cats might have brought mammoth take-out back to their secluded underground den to dine in peace. That might seem strange for a svelte cat with the proportions of a runner ...
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9. This Saber-Toothed Cat Mingled With Modern Humans - National …
Link: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/saber-toothed-cats-survived-longer-dna-animals-science
Description: WebOct 19, 2017 · Painstaking genetic analysis of a jawbone dredged up from the bottom of the North Sea has now confirmed the theory that the so-called scimitar cat Homotherium latidens lived in Europe much longer...
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10. Ice age sabretooth cat revealed from bone sent to Scots scientist
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-54571400
Description: Web16 October 2020. Velizar Simeonovski. Scimitar-tooth cats attacking prey in an artist's impression by Velizar Simeonovski. A Scottish scientist has discovered that a 50,000-year-old bone found...