Homotherium is an extinct genus of machairodontine saber-toothed cats, often termed scimitar-toothed cats, that ranged from North America, South America, Eurasia, and Africa during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs (5 mya–11,700 years ago), existing for approximately 5 million years.It first became extinct in Africa some 1.5 million years ago. In Eurasia it survived until about 30,000 years ago.
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