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M
o n u m e n t s
Sabre
Tooth Cat
CLIENT
University of Texas at Austin
Gift of Ernest and Sarah Butler
INSTALLATION
Texas
Memorial Museum
September
30, 2007
DETAILS
Bronze
with multi-colored patina
Life-and-a-quarter
size
Homotherium
is a machairodontine saber-toothed
cat genus that lived approximately 3 million to 10,000 years ago
in North America, Eurasia and Africa. The last scimitar cat
survived in North America until 10,000 years ago.
This
predator probably hunted in packs, carrying away the large
animals it brought down. One cave in Texas contained the remains
of over 30 individuals, which were discovered along with the
remains of between 300 and 400 juvenile mammoths.
The
best known species of Homotherium is Homotherium serum
from North America. It was about the height and weight of a
modern lion and was built to run quickly, possibly as fast as 96
km/h (60 miles/h).
JOHN
A. MAISANO
MAISANO
PRODUCTIONS LLC
AUSTIN
TEXAS
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Ernest and
Sarah Butler with John Maisano, sculptor, and Ed Theriot,
Director of the Texas Natural Science Center
The
Making of Saber Tooth Cat
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