Sabertooth Tiger

By

Sameer Scott

Sabertooth Tigers

• Their subfamilies evolved their sabertoothed characteristics.

• 1.6 million-10,000 years ago, replaced Smilodon gracilies in North America and western South America.

• Sabertoothed cats were generally more robust than today's cats.

Sabertooth Tiger• They are known as

excellent hunters.• Smilodon is a relatively

recent Sabertooth from the late Pleistocene

• In some species the teeth are up to 50 cm long and extended down from the mouth even when the mouth was closed.

Sabertooth

• They also hunted other animals.

• They are most known for having maxillary canines.

• Sabertoothed Tigers eat other animals such as sloths.