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Bears are caniforms too, and are more closely related to dogs than cats are. So you could argue that big dogs do exist, and the equivalent of the tiger in the dog world is a grizzly bear!
How closely are dogs and bears related?
Sorry to disappoint you, but bears and dogs are not directly related. They’re entirely different species that evolved from distinct biological families. Dogs are part of the Canidae family, which includes species like foxes, dingoes, and coyotes. Meanwhile, bears are part of the Ursidae family.
What is the closest living relative to the saber tooth cat?
According to the BBC, Saber-tooth cats went extinct roughly 10,000 years ago and it is suggested that their closest living relative might not be the tiger or the lion, but the clouded leopard.
Is sabertooth a cat or dog?
Named for the pair of elongated bladelike canine teeth in their upper jaw, they are often called sabre-toothed tigers or sabre-toothed lions, although the modern lion and tiger are true cats of the subfamily Felinae.
“Dogs and seals are not in the same family, however, and are not closely related. The family that compromises seals, Pinnipedia, split from other caniforms around 50 million years ago.”
Why are seals and dogs so similar?
Its because they hunt(ed) alike, they fight / bark alike and they once WERE alike. Seals (along with Sealions and walruses) are members of Carnivora, a group of carnivorous mammals that includes both dogs and cats.
By comparing the genetic fragments to those of living animals, the scientists were able to show that Smilodon fatalis, the sabertooth that long ago prowled what is now Hancock Park, is related to such modern-day big cats as the African lion and the tiger. The work was supervised by Stephen J.
Why did Sabre tooth cats become extinct?
Smilodon died out at the same time that most North and South American megafauna disappeared, about 10,000 years ago. Its reliance on large animals has been proposed as the cause of its extinction, along with climate change and competition with other species, but the exact cause is unknown.