Mammal
Homotherium
It was one of the last lineages of saber-toothed cats, along with Smilodon.
Homotherium was one of the last saber-toothed cats.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Homotherium at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It is interpreted as a consumer of other animals. Hunting and scavenging are not mutually exclusive behaviors.
- When it lived
- Neogene / Quaternary
- Group
- Felidae
- Felids
- Fossil locations
- Siberia
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Homotherium
It was a saber-toothed cat roughly the size of a lion. Its neck and legs were relatively long, and it was one of the last members of the machairodontine lineage.
It was one of the last lineages of saber-toothed cats, along with Smilodon. Its relatively elongated neck and legs gave it its own proportions. The label "sabertooth" brings together animals recognizable by their fangs, but does not describe a single body model.
The cat family includes living species and extinct branches. Saber-shaped teeth also evolved in animals that were not cats: a similar shape does not prove a close relationship.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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