MIOCENE FAUNA / Miocene fauna

Machairodus

Habitat: woody areas
Age: 10-2 mya
Size: 1.2 m long, approx. 70 kg
Diet: carnivorous

It was a large cat belonged to saber-toothed cats. The massive legs show that it was not fast runner, but rather stealth upon its prey from trees, and then finished it with its long canine teeth. Baltavar and Csákvar also hid its remains.