Smilodon sabre-toothed cat. Artwork showing the skeletal and muscle anatomy of a Smilodon populator sabre-toothed cat. The sabre-toothed cats were pre


Smilodon sabre-toothed cat. Artwork showing the skeletal and muscle anatomy of a Smilodon populator sabre-toothed cat. The sabre-toothed cats were prehistoric predatory mammals that had long, curved canine teeth. They existed between 42 million and 7 million years ago. The Smilodon populator sabre-toothed cat was found in eastern parts of South America during the Pleistocene, from around 1 million to 10,000 years ago. Its weight was between 220 and 400 kilograms, with a shoulder height of 120 centimetres.


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