Homotherium
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Homotherium is an extinct genus of scimitar-toothed cat belonging to the extinct subfamily Machairodontinae that inhabited North America, Eurasia, and Africa, as well as possibly South America during
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Skeleton of the South American species "Homotherium" venezuelensis, which recent authors have suggested may be better placed in Xenosmilus
Skull of H. latidens/crenatidens
Skull of H. serum
Smilodon
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Smilodon is a genus of extinct felids. It is one of the best-known saber-toothed predators and prehistoric mammals. Although commonly known as the saber-toothed tiger, it was not closely related to th
Homotherium
…years ago. A probable descendant of Amphimachairodus, it was one of the last surviving members of Machairodontinae alongside the more famous sabertooth Smilodon, to which it was not particularly closely related. It was a large cat, comparable in size to a lion with a body mass of up to 200 kilograms (440 lb…
Smilodon populator fossil, Tellus Science Museum 1
1869 lithograph of the holotype molar and maxilla fragment of S. fatalis
Comparison between the skulls of the machairodonts Homotherium, Megantereon, and Smilodon, by Mauricio Antón
S. fatalis skeleton at the US National Museum of Natural History