Scientific Illustration

astroantiquity:

Thylacosmilus, the pouched saber toothed cat

Infraclass: Metatheria
Order: †Sparassodonta
Family: †Thylacosmilidae
Genus: †Thylacosmilus

“Not only is Thylacosmilus the most highly specialized of the known family of borhyaenids but the peculiar modifications centering about the development and the use of the great canine tooth mark it as one of the most unique flesh-eating mammals of all times.” - Series of the Field Museum of Natural History, 1933

lostbeasts:

moschops911:

Thylacosmilus atrox by *viergacht

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