Homotherium is a machairodontine saber-toothed cat genus that lived approximately 5 million to 10,000 years ago in North America, Eurasia and Africa. 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 survived in North America until 10,000 years ago. Anatomy Homotherium reached 1,1 m at the shoulder and was therefore about the size of a lion. Compared to some other machairodonts, like Smilodon or Megantereon,… (More on Homotherium)