Smilodon

Smilodon

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Name

Smilodon

Aliases

Sabretooth, Sabretooth Tigers, "Sabretoothed Cats", Saber-Tooth Tigers, Sabre Tooth Tigers, Saber-Toothed Tigers, Great-Tusked Tigers, Tusk-Tigers

Physical Characteristics

Body Type

Feline

Average Height

Variable

Average Weight

Variable

Eyes

2

Hair

Orange

Number of Limbs

4

Number of Toes

Variable

Special Adaptations

Large canines

Origin

Galaxy

Milky Way

Star System

Sol

Home Planet

Earth

Creators and Appearances

Creators

Stan Lee, Jack Kirby

First Appearance

X-Men #10
(March, 1965)

The Smilodon, also known as Sabretooth, Sabretooth Tigers, "Sabretoothed Cats", and Saber-Tooth Tigers were prehistoric predators to the early humans.

History

Prehistory

Around 30,000 years ago, the Smilodon were predators to the Neanderthals.

A few thousand years later, they met but couldn't hunt down the Inhumans, due to their powerful weapons.

Hyborian Age

Circa 13,000 BC, great-tusked tigers were used in arenas in Acheron.

General extinction

Although thought extinct in the outside world, the sabre-toothed tiger continued to exist in the artificial preserve known as the Savage Land into the Modern Age, as seen with Zabu.

Driven to near-extinction

The Man-Apes hunting down the Smilodon to near extinction. Zabu was nearly killed at the hands of Maa-Gor, but was saved by Ka-Zar.

Miscellaneous

Representatives

• Zabu
• Mara

Notes

• The nickname "saber-tooth" refers to the extreme length of their canines. Despite the colloquial name "saber-toothed tiger", Smilodon are not closely related to tigers.

See Also

• 35 representatives of Smilodon
• 106 appearance(s) of Smilodon
• 18 minor appearance(s) of Smilodon
• 11 mention(s) of Smilodon
• 1 image(s) of Smilodon

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