Sabertooth Cat Skull Plaque Replica
$36.00
Sabertooth Cat or Smilodon fatalis died out at the same time that most North and South American megafauna disappeared, about 10,000 years ago. Its reliance on large animals has been proposed as the cause of its extinction.
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Description
Sabertooth Cat Skull Plaque replica measures 6.5 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches. The Sabertooth Cat Skull Plaque is museum-quality polyurethane resin cast of original specimen. Made in USA.
Sabertooth Cat or Smilodon fatalis is a genus of the extinct machairodont subfamily of the felids. It is one of the most famous prehistoric mammals, and the best known saber-toothed cat. Although commonly known as the saber-toothed tiger, it was not closely related to the tiger or other modern cats. Smilodon lived in the Americas during the Pleistocene epoch.
Sabertooth Cat or Smilodon fatalis was around the size of modern big cats, but was more robustly built. It had a reduced lumbar region, high scapula, short tail, and broad limbs with relatively short feet.
Sabertooth Cat or Smilodon is most famous for its relatively long canine teeth, which are the longest found in the saber-toothed cats, at about 11 in. long in the largest species, S. populator. The canines were slender and had fine serrations on the front and back side. The skull was robustly proportioned and the muzzle was short and broad.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: †Machairodontinae
Genus: †Smilodon
Type species: Smilodon populator
Conservation Status: Extinct
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| Weight | 3.5 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 6.5 × 5.5 × 2.5 in |