Nimravides facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Nimravides Temporal range: Miocene
Nimravides catacopis skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Felidae
Subfamily:	†Machairodontinae
Genus:	†Nimravides

Nimravides was a prehistoric saber-toothed cat which lived in North America during the middle and late Miocene. Despite its scientific name Nimravides does not belong to the Nimravidae, but belongs to the family Felidae.

The earlier species of the genus are smaller and more primitive than the later forms. The tiger-sized Nimravides catacopsis resembles the primitive Machairodus aphanistus, a species known from the late Miocene of Eurasia.

• Felinae
  • †Nimravides
    • †Nimravides nimravidus
    • †Nimravides catacopsis
    • †Nimravides pedionomus
    • †Nimravides hibbardi
    • †Nimravides galiani
    • †Nimravides thinobates

See also

In Spanish: Nimravides para niños