Smilodon

Credit: Gabriel Ugueto.

*Smilodon* is an extinct genus and species of large feline that lived in the Americas from 2.5 million years to 10,000 years ago.

## Classification

      *Prosmilodon*, *Trucifelis* and *Smilodontopsis* were all once considered subgenera, but are now all synonymous with *Smilodon*.

## Synonyms

### Species Synonymy

* *S. blainvillii* (=*S. populator*)
* *Machaerodus bonaerensis* (=*S. populator*)
* *Machaerodus necator* (=*S. populator*)
* *Machaerodus ensenadensis* (=*S. populator*)
* *S. crucians* (=*S. populator*)
* *S. bonaerënsis* (=*S. populator*)
* *S. neogaeus ensenadenensis* (=*S. populator*)
* *S. (Prosmilodon) ensenadensis* (=*S. populator*)
* *S. neogaeus* (=*S. populator*)
* *S. (Prosmilodon) e. ferox* (=*S. populator*)
* *S. (Prosmilodon) e. minor* (=*S. populator*)
* *Machaerodus neogaeus* (=*S. populator*)
* *Felis smilodon* (=*S. populator*)
* *S. p. populator* (=*S. populator*)
* *Felis (Trucifelis) fatalis* (=*S. fatalis*)
* *Machaerodus fatalis* (=*S. fatalis*)
* *Drepanodon floridanus* (=*S. fatalis*)
* *Machaerodus floridanus* (=*S. fatalis*)
* *Uncia mercerii* (=*S. fatalis*)
* *Machaerodus (Smilodon) mercerii* (=*S. fatalis*)
* *S. floridanus* (=*S. fatalis*)
* *S. californicus* (=*S. fatalis*)
* *S. nebraskensis* (=*S. fatalis*)
* *Machaerodus mercerii* (=*S. fatalis*)
* *S. (Trucifelis) californicus* (=*S. fatalis*)
* *S. (Trucifelis) fatalis* (=*S. fatalis*)
* *S. (Trucifelis) nebraskensis* (=*S. fatalis*)
* *S. (Trucifelis) californicus* (=*S. fatalis*)
* *S. (Trucifelis) californicus brevipes* (=*S. fatalis*)
* *S. trinitensis* (=*S. fatalis*)
* *Machaerodus (Smilodon) gracilis* (=*S. gracilis*)
* *S. (Smilodontopsis) gracilis* (=*S. gracilis*)
* *Megantereon gracilis* (=*S. gracilis*)
* *Ischyrosmilus gracilis* (=*S. gracilis*)
* *Hyaena neogaea*

### Genus Synonymy

* *Munifelis*
* *Trucifelis*
* *Smilodontopsis*
* *Prosmilodon*
* *Smilodontidion*
* *Felipeda*

## References

* https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/primitive-mammals/saber-toothed-cat
* https://igws.indiana.edu/FossilsAndTime/Sabertooth
* https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-vertebrate-fossils/species/smilodon-fatalis/
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/softer-side-sabercats-180977833/ [Study about Smilodon Parental Care]
* http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/social-smilodon-fatalis-10223.html [Study about Smilodons Social Behavior]
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/saber-toothed-cats-smilodon [Study about Smilodons Social Behavior]
* https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/science/saber-toothed-tiger.html [Specimen that show Smilodons could have grown larger than previously estimated]
* https://www.jstor.org/stable/1300947 [New Species of Smilodon]
* https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-saber-toothed-cats-true-secret-its-super-strong-arms [Smilodon Anatomical Features]
* https://www.britannica.com/animal/Smilodon
* https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004220311135 [Smilodons life story]
* https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/saber-tooth-cats-surprise-fossils-redraw-picture-of-big-cat
* https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/extinctsaber-toothedcat/distribution [Animals Distribution]
* https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/laelaps/canada-gets-its-first-smilodon/
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-99853-1

1. ↑ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/laelaps/canada-gets-its-first-smilodon/