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Smilodon is an extinct genus and species of large feline that lived in the Americas from 2.5 million years to 10,000 years ago.

Classification[]

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Credit: Roman Uchytel.

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Melanistic Smilodon.
Credit: Anthony Hutchings.

Prosmilodon, Trucifelis and Smilodontopsis were all once considered subgenera, but are now all synonymous with Smilodon.

Synonyms[]

Species Synonymy[]

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Smilodon and Aenocyon mounts at the Royal Ontario Museum.
Credit: Clumsystiggy on DeviantArt.

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202004 Smilodon fatalis

Credit: Futaka Kouhei‬.

  • S. blainvillii (=S. populator)
  • Machaerodus bonaerensis (=S. populator)
  • Machaerodus necator (=S. populator)
  • Machaerodus ensenadensis (=S. populator)
  • S. crucians (=S. populator)
  • S. bonaerënsis (=S. populator)
  • S. neogaeus ensenadenensis (=S. populator)
  • S. (Prosmilodon) ensenadensis (=S. populator)
  • S. neogaeus (=S. populator)
  • S. (Prosmilodon) e. ferox (=S. populator)
  • S. (Prosmilodon) e. minor (=S. populator)
  • Machaerodus neogaeus (=S. populator)
  • Felis smilodon (=S. populator)
  • S. p. populator (=S. populator)
  • Felis (Trucifelis) fatalis (=S. fatalis)
  • Machaerodus fatalis (=S. fatalis)
  • Drepanodon floridanus (=S. fatalis)
  • Machaerodus floridanus (=S. fatalis)
  • Uncia mercerii (=S. fatalis)
  • Machaerodus (Smilodon) mercerii (=S. fatalis)
  • S. floridanus (=S. fatalis)
  • S. californicus (=S. fatalis)
  • S. nebraskensis (=S. fatalis)
  • Machaerodus mercerii (=S. fatalis)
  • S. (Trucifelis) californicus (=S. fatalis)
  • S. (Trucifelis) fatalis (=S. fatalis)
  • S. (Trucifelis) nebraskensis (=S. fatalis)
  • S. (Trucifelis) californicus (=S. fatalis)
  • S. (Trucifelis) californicus brevipes (=S. fatalis)
  • S. trinitensis (=S. fatalis)
  • Machaerodus (Smilodon) gracilis (=S. gracilis)
  • S. (Smilodontopsis) gracilis (=S. gracilis)
  • Megantereon gracilis (=S. gracilis)
  • Ischyrosmilus gracilis (=S. gracilis)
  • Hyaena neogaea

Genus Synonymy[]

  • Munifelis
  • Trucifelis
  • Smilodontopsis
  • Prosmilodon
  • Smilodontidion
  • Felipeda

References[]

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