saber-toothed tigers

Simple text and illustrations present sabertooth cats, their body parts, and behavior.

The saber-toothed cat went extinct more than 10,000 years ago. The saber-tooth, or Smilodon, was one of the largest cats ever to walk Earth. It used its long, blade-like teeth to hunt animals as massive as mastodons. Learn more about this remarkable animal in Saber-Toothed Cat, an Extinct Animals book.

Presents the variety of sabertooth tigers that existed ten thousand to thirteen million years ago, including the Smilodon, discussing its long canine teeth, the family tree of cat species it is a part of, and other animals that had teeth shaped like sabers.

Provides information on prehistoric saber-toothed cats including when they lived, where they lived, what they looked like, and how they used their sharp teeth to kill their prey.

Illustrations accompany the story about a day in the life of a sabre-tooth tiger, describing what the dinosaur looked like, where it lived, what it ate, and how it protected itself against enemies.

Ten-year-old Thorn feels conflicting loyalties when members of his clan blame his friend Fonn, a girl from a rival clan, for the marauding actions of a man-eating sabertooth cat.

Suddenly, Cai was falling through the icy snow instead of sky. His fll slowed until he stopped, snow packed beneath him. Finally he tried to move--but he was trapped! There came a low rumble that shook the snow around him. Suddenly, it occurred to Cai just who his rescuers most probably were. Sabertooths!.

The peaceful world of Dinotopia, an island inhabited by intelligent dinosaurs and shipwrecked humans, is threatened when the sabertooth tigers who live in the Forbidden Mountains are cut off from their normal food supply by an avalanche.

Describes what is known of the sabertooth, based on fossilized remains discovered by paleontologists.

Saber-toothed cats are introduced with information about what they were, how they spent their time, and a look at some saber-toothed cats.