SMILODON CALIFORNICUS is the scientific name which 

 paleontologists have given to the prehistoric feline represented 

 by the sculptured head above. This was the Saber-tooth Tiger 

 which preyed on other great beasts of Pleistocene times, long 

 before the dawn of civilization. In on age of carnivores the 

 tigers were among the most savage of predatory animals. 



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