Illustration and photo-reconstruction of the ancient saber-toothed cat Amphimachairodus giganteus. Amphimachairodus giganteus is an extinct genus of l

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Illustration and photo-reconstruction of the ancient saber-toothed cat Amphimachairodus giganteus. Amphimachairodus giganteus is an extinct genus of large machairodonts. It inhabited Eurasia and Northern Africa during the late Miocene epoch. It was about 2 metres long. Its legs were too short to sustain a long chase and so it probably hunted as an ambush predator.

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Photo credit: © ROMAN UCHYTEL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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