In the study, "Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia," published in Scientific Reports, researchers conducted radiocarbon dating ...

Homotherium, which belongs to completely extinct genera, gives a glimpse into a very different evolutionary pathway of predators. As the permafrost of Siberia starts to melt, ...

Homotherium, also known as the scimitar-tooth cat, was a saber-tooth predator built for long-distance running. Homotherium had shorter incisors than other saber-tooths like Smilodon, ...

An ancient cat was found almost perfectly preserved in Siberia's permafrost. Researchers found the mummy of a 35,000-year-old saber-toothed cub in what is now Russia's northeastern Sakha Republic ...

Homotherium Fabrini, also known as saber-toothed cats or "tigers," are characterized by their enormous, deadly-sharp canines that paleontologists believe were used to grab and hold onto prey or ...

Homotherium latidens are the extinct Eurasian cousins of the North American sabre-toothed cats. Scientists say the cats could grow to about 3 feet tall and 6.5 feet long, ...

Compared with the modern lion cub's remains, the Homotherium cat's ears are up higher on the skull, and its mouth opening is about 11% to 19% larger, according to the study.

Members of the Homotherium genus were widespread through Eurasia, Africa and the Americas during the Plio-Pleistocene period (5 million years ago to 12,000 years ago).

The image above highlights differences in the skulls of the mummifed Homotherium latidens (A, B) and Panthera leo (C, D) at 3 weeks old. - courtesy Prof. Alexey V. Lopatin ...

Homotherium latidens are the extinct Eurasian cousins of the North American sabre-toothed cats. Scientists say the cats could grow to about 3 feet tall and 6.5 feet long, and weigh nearly 450 pounds.

Homotherium latidens are the extinct Eurasian cousins of the North American sabre-toothed cats. Scientists say the cats could grow to about 3 feet tall and 6.5 feet long, and weigh nearly 450 pounds.

And it's not just the anatomy of the Homotherium mummy that makes it so special — the discovery also provides a unique glimpse into the evolutionary history of the entire feline group, Tseng said.