Years ago, I saw this exhibit at a science museum that featured some models of prehistoric animals, and one was very tiger looking (I THINK it had stripes but it may have been solid yellow in color) but much more slender? Could this have simply just been a prehistoric tiger?
And please only helpful answers, please no "I don't know." answers, thats just wasting your time and mine. Thanks!
2006-12-20 19:02:32 · 3 answers · asked by rolfesangel 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Would take me a bit of time to do decent research on this... but a striped tiger like critter, but skinnier sounds like the extinct marsupial tiger that lived in Australia until becoming extinct, but in the last two hundred years. It was not prehistoric.
There was also a dog that fell into that category in Australia, the last one died in captivity some 80-100 years ago...
There are examples of both species (stuffed/embalmed) in a relatively large number of museums, and fakes in an even larger number.
There is also the sabertooth tiger (big a*s top canines) which is often portrayed as golden in color, with no stripes... but it generally is not portrayed as unduly skinny.
You've piqued my curiosity... if you want me to dig more into this... ask - just check my profile for means.
Very interesting question... I love stuff like this... and I'm sure that you're remembering correctly...
-dh
2006-12-20 19:14:11 · answer #1 · answered by delicateharmony 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my guess was that it was a smilodon or mostly known as the sabertooth tiger most exhibits that display a catlike prehistoric animal it is usually a smilodon. they are other prehistoric cats but my guess would be on the sabertooth which are really kool
2006-12-21 04:13:14 · answer #2 · answered by Tell_It_Like_It_Is 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My first guess is that you saw a SABRETOOTH tiger. Here is a picture of a skull of one.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/carnivora/smilside.jpg
2006-12-21 03:05:43 · answer #3 · answered by guff316@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋