Sentences with phrase «extinct sabre»

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It was observed on virtually every continent, although a particularly large number of animals became extinct in North and South America, where species including sabre - toothed cats, mastodons, giant sloths and giant armadillos disappeared, and in Australia, which lost animals such as giant kangaroos, giant wombats and marsupial lions.

Sabre - teeth, for example, turn out to be convergent, and Conway Morris explains why it is that the clouded leopard of Asia, Neofelis nebulosa, has developed features that could, as it evolves «presage the emergence of a new sabre - tooth,» although sadly it looks set to become extinct before this happens.

Around 5.1 million years ago, fascinating and now extinct animals like sabre - toothed cats, wolverines and short - necked giraffe roamed the west coast of South Africa.