Sabre Tooth Cat (replica)

Object/Artifact

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Crater Rock Museum

Name/Title

Sabre Tooth Cat (replica)

Entry/Object ID

2011.57.16

Description

Description: Family: Chordata Class: Mammalia Family: Felidae Order: Carnorvia Genus: Smilodon Common Name: Sabre Toothed Cat Age: Pliestocene Location: La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles, CA Description: (replica) of a sabre toothed cat skull with full detail. Brown and black with white teeth. Physical Characteristics: Smilodon ( /'sma?l?d?n/), often called a saber-toothed cat or (incorrectly) saber-toothed tiger, is an extinct genus of machairodonts.[2] This sabre-toothed cat was endemic to North America and South America, living from near the beginning through the very end of the Pleistocene epoch (2.5 mya—10,000 years ago). Family: Felidae Genus: Smilodon Kingdom: Animalia (Animals) Class: Mammalia Order: Carnorvia Phylum: Chordata

Collection

Museum Collection of Fossils

Acquisition

Accession

2011.57

Source or Donor

Museum Collection of Fossils

Acquisition Method

Long-term Loan

Dimensions

Width

8 in

Depth

8 in

Length

13-1/2 in

Location

Location

Rolling Display

FR-12

Room

Fossil Room

Building

Crater Rock Museum

Category

Exhibit

Moved By

Jillian Mather Kettley

Date

August 19, 2025

Notes

Location added when performing inventory