Big John was found on a ranch in Montana

showing that some of them looked more like modern birds

suggesting that it had good vision and a keen sense of smell for hunting

Its most distinctive feature was its tusks

Homotherium Aenocyon Big John was found onHomotherium is the scientific name of an extinct genus of felines that lived during the Pleistocene, approximately between 1. 8 million and 11,000 years ago, and could measure 2. 3 meters long and weigh about 200 kg. Also known as "scimitar toothed cats," these cats were carnivorous predators that shared the landscape with other iconic Ice Age species, such as mammoths and woolly rhinos. Unlike modern felines, Homotherium had distinctive adaptations,