Video: "Smilodon Populator" of "TvAnimals" at "YouTube"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v = x3GFhy2RhJ4
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interview with the Wiesbaden-based science writer Ernst Probst
* Question: What was the largest saber-tooth tiger canine teeth (also called canines)?
Answer: The largest canines had - to judge by the finds - the saber tooth tiger Smilodon Populator from eastern Areas of South America. Its upper canine teeth were up to 28 centimeters, which rose more than 17 inches from the upper jaw. Smilodon Populator reach a shoulder height of 1.20 meters, a body length of about 2.10 meters and a weight of 220 to 260 kg. For body length there was another estimated 20 centimeters long to tail. According to current opinion Populator Smilodon belongs not to the saber-tooth tigers and saber-toothed cats, but to the so-called dagger toothed cats. The latter term has, however, with laymen and some scientists even when not fully enforced. Dagger-toothed cats were built as opposed to saber-toothed cats, rather robust, and had short strong legs, an elongated body and a longer, narrower canine teeth. The genus name Smilodon means knife tooth, "and the species name Populator" He who brings destruction. " A picture of Smilodon Populator is in paperback "saber-toothed cats" to see.
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literature on the topic:
Ernst Probst: saber-toothed cats. Smilodon to mention Machairodus up. GRIN, Munich 2009
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