Let's learn about a very special creature that inhabited the earth millions of years ago.

 Saber Toothed Cat

• Scientific name:- Smiladon Populator
• Extinction:- 11,000 years ago

Living and extinction

• This species has lived around the world for 42 million years.
• Extinct 9 million years ago (from the Eocene to the Pleistocene).
• They are a carnivorous species.

Special features

• Two teeth about 20 inches long in the upper incisors

Hunting

• These are great hunters.
• Even large animals such as mammoths and sloths have been hunted.

Causes of extinction

• They have become extinct due to climate change and competition with other species.
• They also became extinct about 10,000 years ago with the extinction of the "Megafauna" megafuna species that inhabited North America and South America.

Other

• Their skulls, bones and other fossils have been found in various parts of the world.