Smilodon fatalis (SciiFii)

The North American saber-toothed cat (Smilodon fatalis), commonly known as the saber-tooth tiger, is a species of the machairodont subfamily of the felids. It is one of the most famous originally-prehistoric mammals and the best known saber-toothed cat. It originally lived in the Americas during the Pleistocene epoch (2.5 mya – 10,000 years ago) and was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and reintroduced to the forests, open woodlands, and grasslands of North America to help boostbiodiversity. Despite being commonly known as the saber-toothed tiger, it is not closely related to the tiger or other native modern big cats. Overall, the North American saber-toothed cat is more robustly built than any other big cat, with particularly well-developed forelimbs and exceptionally long upper canine teeth. Its jaw has a bigger gape than that of native modern cats, and its upper canines are slender and fragile, being adapted for precision killing. It has a weight of 160 to 280 kg (350 to 620 lb) and height of 100 cm (39 in). The coat pattern of North American saber-toothed cats is brown with many small and large black spots to provide camouflage in the forests and grasslands. The North American saber-toothed cat primarily hunts large herbivores such as bison and camels. North American saber-toothed cat usually kills its prey by holding it still with its forelimbs and biting its windpipe. The North American saber-toothed cat has a solitary lifestyle much like most modern big cats, being an ambush hunter that waits for unsuspecting prey to come close, using bushes and shrubs to provide cover for ambushing prey. The conservation status of the North American saber-toothed cat is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts and the North American saber-toothed cat's wide natural range.
Category:Animals
Category:SciiFii
Category:Mammals
Category:Cenozoic Park