how does it look like?
It is well-developed forelimbs and exceptionally long upper canine teeth and its jaw has a bigger gape than that of modern cats.
Smilodon
 well-developed forelimbs and exceptionally long upper canine teeth.
when did the saber toothed cat become extinct It became extinct 10,000 years ago in the Quaternary extinction event. what is smilodon? is a genus of the extinct machairodont subfamily of the felids.
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Smilodon [SEP] Introduction
gracilis", which itself probably evolved from "Megantereon". The hundreds of individuals obtained from the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles constitute the largest collection of "Smilodon" fossils. Overall, "Smilodon" was more robustly built than any extant cat, with particularly well-developed forelimbs and exceptionally long upper canine teeth. Its jaw had a bigger gape than that of modern cats, and its upper canines were slender and fragile, being adapted for precision killing. "S. gracilis" was the smallest species at in weight. "S. fatalis" had a weight of and height of . Both of these species are mainly known from North America, but remains from South America have also been attributed to them.