Homotherium
| Homotherium Temporal range: Early Pliocene to Late Pleistocene, | |
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| Skeleton of H. serum from Friesenhahn cave, Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | †Machairodontinae |
| Tribe: | †Homotherini |
| Genus: | †Homotherium Fabrini, 1890 |
| Type species | |
| Homotherium latidens Owen, 1846 | |
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Homotherium is an extinct genus of machairodontine scimitar-toothed cat that inhabited North America, South America, Eurasia, and Africa during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs from around 4 million to 12,000 years ago. In comparison to Smilodon, the canines of Homotherium were shorter, and it was probably adapted to running down rather than ambushing prey.
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