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 type of ancient saber-toothed cat. These amazing animals lived in North America a long, long time ago. This was during a period called the Miocene epoch. That was about 23 to 5.3 million years ago!

About Nimravides

What Was Nimravides?

Even though its name sounds like "Nimravid," Nimravides was not part of the Nimravidae family. Instead, it belonged to the Felidae family. This is the same family that includes all modern cats, like lions, tigers, and your pet cat! Nimravides was a true cat, just a very old and extinct one.

Different Kinds of Nimravides

Scientists have found different species of Nimravides. The older types were usually smaller. They also had more basic features compared to the later ones. One well-known species was Nimravides catacopsis. This cat was as big as a modern tiger! It looked a bit like an early saber-toothed cat called Machairodus aphanistus. That species lived in places like Europe and Asia.

Here are some of the different types of Nimravides that scientists have discovered:

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