Saber-toothed cats, extinct predatory mammals characterized by long, curved saber-shaped canine teeth. The large maxillary canine teeth extended from the mouth even when it was closed. The saber-toothed cats were found worldwide from the Eocene epoch to the end of the Pleistocene epoch (42 million years ago). These are Smilodon fatalis, incorrectly referred as a "saber-toothed tiger,". a genus within the subfamily Machairodontinae of the carnivoran family Felidae.

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