![]() These tree dwellers were about the size of a domestic cat and had developed sharp crushing teeth. The first carnivores came from animals known as miacoids about 60 million years ago. The first mammals are believed to have lived 208 million years ago – after the extinction of dinosaurs. As a matter of fact, tigers are less related to lions and leopards and more related to the endangered snow leopard. ![]() ![]() While the tiger did evolve from those majestic cats of Africa – the modern tiger has never lived there. When thinking about the exotic animals of Africa – most would name the tiger among the big cats that hunt on the continent’s plains and savannahs. See all of our entertaining and insightful animal articles.Īround 1.6 million years ago, the saber-tooth tiger, Smilodon, was found in fossil records discovered in the La Brea tar pits in California.
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