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Torregrosa, V.; Petrucci, M.; Pérez-Claros, J. A. & Palmqvist, P. (2010). "Nasal aperture area and body mass in felids: Ecophysiological implications and paleobiological inferences".
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and most other cats in the lack of a gap separating the last incisor tooth and the canine, as well as the loss of the
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Martin, L. D.; Babiarz, J. P.; Naples, V. L.; Hearst, J. (2000). "Three Ways to be a Saber-Toothed Cat".
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588:Homotherium
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459:X. hodsonae
417:Description
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282:Homotherini
262:Subfamily:
171:X. hodsonae
83:Pleistocene
1725:Categories
1560:Xenosmilus
1530:Xenosmilus
1413:Metailurus
1356:Xenosmilus
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1286:Family:
1276:Mammalia
1261:Chordata
1259:Phylum:
1255:Animalia
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597:Smilodon
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1349:Taowu
1266:Clade
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