Nimravides the similarities between them at first glance, based on autapomorphies in the skeleton, the two animals are too different to be classified as species of the same genus, and thus, "Nimravides" remains separate as its own genus within the Homotherini. Nimravides Nimravides is a genus of extinct saber-toothed cats that lived in North America during the middle and late Miocene, between 13.6 and 4.9 Ma. Despite its scientific name, "Nimravides" does not belong to the Nimravidae, but is a true cat, belonging to the family Felidae. "Nimravides catacopsis", one of the largest and latest species, was quite large, measuring at
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