Homotherium is a genus of machairodontine saber-toothed cats, often termed scimitar cats, endemic to North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs (5 mya—10,000 years ago), existing for approximately . It first became extinct in Africa some 1.5 million years ago. In Eurasia it survived until about 30,000 years ago . The last scimitar cat could have survived in North America until 10,000 years ago. Anatomy Homotherium reached 1.1 m at the shoulder and w… (More on Homotherium)