Perhaps you are ready for the most amazing saber tooth tiger facts for kids. The saber tooth tiger or Smilodon is probably the most popular animal of the prehistoric mammals. It had lived 2.5 million to 10,000 years during the Pleistocene period. Saber tooth cat had three subspecies: S. gracilis, S. fatalis and S. populator.
Saber Tooth Tiger Facts for Kids
Saber tooth tigers were nearly the size of modern-day tigers except for the fact that they had 28 cm (11 in) long canines.
The smallest of the saber-tooth cat weighed 55 to 100 kg (120 to 220 lb) while the biggest measured as much as 220 to 400 kg (490 to 880 lb). The tiger stood 120 cm (47 in) at the shoulder.
American lions and
dire wolves were some of the predators that lived in the saber tooth tiger habitat. Prehistoric wolves were much bigger than the present-day wolf.
What did Saber tooth tigers eat? Saber tooth tiger used to eat American bison, Hemiauchenia, peccary, ground sloths, horses, deer, bison, antelopes, mastodons, and camels.
Where did saber tooth tigers live? They made homes in a variety of closed habitats such as savanna, bushes, and subtropical latitudes which were abundant in grasses, shrubs, vegetation, and woods. These grasses and vegetation could attract many herbivorous mammals which were the ultimate prey of saber tooth cats.
Saber tooth cats had lived in North and South America. They had become extinct possibly due to the shortage of prey that lived within their habitat. Besides, scientists assume that many other predators replaced them because they were quick and more adaptable than saber tooth tigers.
