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| fossil_range = Miocene–Pleistocene | image = Metailurus (Metailurus sp) Asenovgrad2.jpg | image_caption = Metailurus skeleton | taxon = Metailurus | authority = Zdansky, 1924 | range_map = Metailurus range.png | range_map_caption = Range of Metailurus based on fossil record | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =M. major Zdansky, 1924 M. mongoliensis Colbert, 1939 M. ultimus Li, 2014 M. boodon }}Metailurus is a genus of saber-toothed cat in the family Felidae, and belonging to the tribe Metailurini, which occurred in North America, Eurasia and Africa from the Miocene to the Middle Pleistocene.[1][2][3] This genus was formally described by O. Zdansky in 1924.[4] Metailurus minor has been reassigned to the felid genus Yoshi.[5] DescriptionMetailurus is commonly referred to by some as a "false sabertooth" cat, because instead of true saberteeth, it has a cross between long, flat and blade-like saberteeth and the shorter cone-shaped teeth of modern-day felines. This moniker however, is also used colloquially for the members of the Nimravidae, and can lead to confusion with these feliforms. The canines are longer than those of even the clouded leopard, but significantly shorter than true saber teeth, and more conical than bladed.[6]See also
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