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12-04-2015, 10:00 AM( This post was last modified: 12-04-2015, 10:16 AM by GrizzlyClaws )
It is pretty interesting that the Smilodon fatalis is built closer to a Pantherine cat, while their South American cousins are built like Hyena with a slope back.
Because the Pleistocene North America was like a prehistoric Serengeti, we can find out many comparable species from the Elephantidae to the Bovidae such as the Mammoth and the Bison.
The Smilodon fatalis could be built like the modern African lions for the purpose to running down the preys similar to those modern African preys, while the Smilodon populator was built with more stamina to running down those primitive exotic preys in the Pleistocene South America.