Talk:Homotherium

Canine length
And... How much long were it's fangs approximately?

Body length
Just to compare, their principal measurement, length I guess or height if you prefer, what was it?

Moderation?
Perhaps this disagreement over Homotherium and whether it belongs in suborder feliformia should be referred to a moderator?

--Skb8721 21:12, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Not confirmed
I removed this from the article, because my sources (Alan Turner: The fossil cats and their fossil relatives) say something else. --Altaileopard 09:02, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Both Homotherium serum (American scimitar cat) and Homotherium ultimum (Asian scimitar cat) from China, as well as Homotherium latidens from Europe, were derived from the Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene (about 2 Ma) scimitar cat (Homotherium crenatidens) a widespread Holarctic species. It, in turn, was derived from Machairodus.

Homotherium serum
The scimitar-toothed cat is merely one particular species of Homotherium. Homotherium latidens is another. I suggest that this article be rewritten in a way that says this. A Panthera article wouldn't just talk about tigers or leopards. It would speak of the genus in general.Pinguinus (talk) 23:02, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree in every way. Its time to merge it. Before you do that, though, look at this. A reference for a documentary. Taylor Reints (talk) 05:16, 12 June 2011 (UTC)


 * More species stubs have been created. They should be merged into here again. FunkMonk (talk) 10:14, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

I think that the Homotherium serum article should be re-created, just with much more information (so that the article would qualify as a C class or B class article). Also, the new species articles, Homotherium crusafonti and Homotherium venezuelensis shouldn't be deleted because they talk about information that is not displayed in the article. Gug01 (talk) 21:08, 20 January 2015 (UTC) Gug 01
 * Well, if the species articles are going to merge here, certainly its information must be preserved. What about a section with some basic info about each species (or at least, the most well known species)? --Rextron (talk) 00:36, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Of course, merging means inserting the info here. FunkMonk (talk) 11:34, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

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Revisit: Genomic Adaptations and Evolutionary History of the Extinct Scimitar-Toothed Cat, Homotherium latidens

New: Dietary ecology of the scimitar-toothed cat Homotherium serum

SuperTah (talk) 08:32, 6 July 2022 (UTC)