The pocket lion has a small head, a powerful jaw, and a strong bite force, a short and wide head with huge pairs of front incisors, which seem to play the role of a real carnivore canine tooth, and a long and thick, shear-acting split tooth, used to tear the tissue of the prey, the body is thick, the forelimbs are longer than the hind limbs, the forelimbs are strong, there are five toes, there are sharp claws, of which the thumb is particularly developed, can be held opposite, suitable for perching in the tree.
Inhabiting the forests, bushes and river valleys of Australia, the pocket lion is a typical carnivore and the top predator of the time, it likes to hide in the jungle and launch surprise attacks on past prey, even including large animals such as the diplodont and the giant short-faced kangaroo, it is good at hooking the body of the prey with its sharp claws, making it impossible for them to escape, and then using its strong forelimbs to quickly push the prey to the ground, and then bite the throat of the prey with a strong jaw and developed incisors. Thus subduing their prey, they may also be good at climbing trees.
What does the taupupadi have to do with lions
Although there are lions this keyword, but the taupe and modern lions have no blood relationship, it is much smaller than the lion, but it is the largest carnivorous marsupial in history, carnivorous kangaroos, pouch saber-toothed tigers and other carnivorous marsupials are larger, and they are also difficult like lions, with a strong jaw, according to scientists' research, in the extinct jaws of the current carnivorous mammals, if the proportion of their canine teeth, bite force and body size is compared, The throng lion can be said to be the most bite-oriented of prehistoric carnivores, so they have long been called "ferocious and extremely destructive carnivorous beasts" by scientists, and it is more interesting that among modern animals, among modern animals, the koalas that feed on eucalyptus leaves are also koalas, but they are the closest animals related to the tadman, not kangaroos. In fact, there are many carnivorous ancient animals of the same kind as the taupe, and we will take stock of the two most typical of them.
Strong-toothed kangaroo
Other ancient animals of the same kind, the strong-toothed kangaroo
The strong-toothed kangaroos living in the Middle Ages are smaller and thinner, The body length is only about 1.5 meters, but it is the oldest carnivorous kangaroo found so far, their body size is different from the current kangaroo, of which the length of the front and back limbs is not much different, the thick forelimbs also have claws, walking on the ground with limbs, it looks a bit like a wolf with four long legs and a thick tail, the strong-toothed kangaroo is also similar to the habits of wolves, usually living in small groups, fierce temperament, with the ability to quickly chase prey on the grassland, the split teeth of the strong-toothed kangaroos, although not as developed as other marsupial carnivores, do not have strong canine teeth like modern cats and canines, but do have special incisors and premolars The tooth blade is very sharp, as deep as a knife to the key parts of the prey, and then bite the prey, making it a good meal for themselves, the strong-toothed kangaroo is also mainly distributed in Australia, and now the four limbs running and jumping musk kangaroos are most closely related.
Bag saber-toothed tiger
The pocket saber-toothed tiger is a type of carnivore that lived on the ground in South America during the early Miocene Early Pleistocene period, good at running, they have short limbs, interestingly, the forelimbs are very developed, Body length between 1.5 meters and 2 meters, weighing about 110 kg, with a huge head and good at crushing food teeth, the bag saber-toothed tiger is equivalent to the size of the golden leopard and jaguar, the appearance is somewhat similar to modern hyenas, the most peculiar thing is that they have the same saber teeth as the saber-toothed tiger, these sharp saber-toothed teeth, so it has become a strange and terrible predator, although the bag saber-toothed tiger is not the largest carnivore in South America, but their body is strong, mainly taking a stealthy raid to catch prey, and then with developed saber teeth and strong bodies to make most of the herbivores become their meal.