Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines

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(07-26-2021, 12:02 PM)LoveAnimals Wrote: I never understood actually the real shoulder height of smilodon populator actually, some say 120 cm, others even 140 cm and Roman the one who designs models for prehistoric fauna claims a shoulder height of 130 cm. If the frame of Smilodon is so big to allow it exceeding 400 kg and perhaps approaching or reaching 500 kg, shouldn't it be at least 120 cm?

Smilodon was more like a bear or wolverine in its body robusticity, short and very heavy. In this case, Smilodon fatalis was smaller than an average Bengal tiger or South African lion (head-body length up to 175 cm against 190 cm in lion and tiger) but weighed more than the biggest lions and tigers recorded by scientist (weight up to 280 kg against 250-260 kg in lion and tiger). 

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S. populator was about the same case, probably not more than 120 cm tall but weighed about 400 kg, more than the longer-taller cave lions and Pleistocene tigers.


As far I know, the official figure for the shoulder height of S. populator is up to 120 cm, quoted by Mauricio Anton. Reply