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Caturday Special: Homotherium

A recreation of Homotherium serum, it is believed it was a plains hunter, and so would likely have had a very drab coat, much like modern lions. Most of the specimens I can see seem to be lacking tailbones so they are depicted with short tails. It’s a beautiful cat, that’s for sure. (Credit: Sergiodlarosa CC-BY-SA 3.0) We covered the Smilodon species in our Top Ten Cats series. I don’t think…