According to new research, two sets of sabers and unusual lower jaw anatomy show that the saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis delayed adulting with a long weaning period Katie Cottingham A trail ...

the "sabre-toothed tiger." A large, short-limbed cat that lived in North and South America during the Pleistocene Epoch, it was about the size of the modern African lion.

Comparing the mummified sabre-toothed tiger to a modern lion cub of a similar age, the researchers noted several obvious differences. Most noticeably, the mummified kitten was significantly more ...