Homotherium

Homotherium (also known as the scimitar-toothed cat or scimitar cat)[2] is a genus of machairodontine saber-toothed cats,[3] often termed scimitar-toothed cats, that inhabited North America, South America, Eurasia, and Africa during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs (4 mya – 12,000 years ago), existing for approximately 4 million years.[1][4]

It first became extinct in Africa some 1.5 million years ago. In Eurasia it survived until about 30,000 years ago.[5] In South America it is only known from a few remains in the northern region (Venezuela), from the mid-Pleistocene.[6]The most recent European remains of Homotherium date to 28,000 years BP.[7]