Machairodontinae

Japanese: Machairodontinae
Machairodontinae

...This method made it almost impossible to catch large herbivores with sturdy skulls, and perhaps for this reason, large species such as tigers and lions did not appear in this group. The next group to appear, the Machairodontinae, filled the gap left by Nimrabus' inability to kill large prey. Machairodontinae appeared in the early Miocene 26 million years ago and became extinct about 10,000 years ago in the Quaternary Period. Machairodontinae included the famous saber-toothed tiger, Smilodon .

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Machairodontinae" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この方法では頭骨のがんじょうな大型の草食獣を捕食するのはほとんど不可能であり,そのためかトラやライオンのような大型種は,この類からは出現しなかった。 大型の獲物を殺すことのできないニムラブスの欠点を埋めたのが,次に現れたマカエロズス亜科Machairodontinaeである。マカエロズスは2600万年前の中新世前期に出現し,第四紀のおよそ1万年前に滅んだグループで,有名な剣歯虎(けんしこ)(サーベルタイガー)類スミロドンSmilodonなどである。…

※「Machairodontinae」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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