name of the sabertooth in ice age
photograph from the Smithsonian Photo library, copyright 1993, Smithsonian Institution, used with permission. Saber-toothed cats are some of the best known and most popular of all Ice Age animals. They are among the most impressive carnivores ever to have lived.Two different types of saber-toothed cats lived in the midwestern U.S. at the end of the last Ice Age. One type was the familiar sabertooth, represented by the genus Smilodon. These cats had enlarged canines usually associated with the name sabertooth.Their canines were up to 18 centimeters (7 inches) long.A mounted skeleton of Smilodon fatalis is shown in the above photograph.ne type was the familiar sabertooth, represented by the genus Smilodon. These cats had enlarged canines usually associated with the name sabertooth. Their canines were up to 18 centimeters (7 inches) long. A mounted skeleton of Smilodon fatalis is shown in the above photograph.