SABER

TOOTH
CELESTE AMEYALLI MELO CRUZ
 ¿WHY SABERTOOTH?
The name "sabre-toothed" is a generic name used
to describe numerous species of mammals with
enormous canines that lived during different eras
of the Cenozoic.
 CHARACTERISTICS
• lenght: 2,6 metros
• Height :1 to 1.10 m.
• Weight:50 to 100 kilograms
• Highligts:The fangs measure up to 20 cm
 HABITAD
The princpal terrestrial ecosystem was the
great grass plains, meadows and willow
savannahs in norteamerica or sudamerica
 FOSSILS
• The first fossilsof this group appear about 14 millón years ago and the last species became extict
only 11,000 years ago
WHY ARE EXTINTED
• They beacame extinct beacause they were so specialized in
hunting large prey in