Researchers identified the mummy as belonging to Homotherium latidens, also known as the scimitar-toothed cat. For the team of Russian scientists who received this precious find in Moscow ...

Subsequent analyses confirmed the specimen belonged to the extinct genus Homotherium, a lion-sized predator distinct from modern cats. This discovery, described in Scientific Reports, is a ...

His preliminary DNA work identified one of the large bones as being from the scimitar-toothed, Homotherium latidens. Few remains have been found of this species of sabretooth cat. Dr Barnett and ...