With its impressive canines measuring up to 20 cm, the Smilodon holds the place of the most powerful feline that has existed. Nicknamed 'sabre-tooth tiger', he appeared about 2.5 million years ago in America, this predator was to live as a clan and hunt like current lions. The Smilodon's could attack large animals such as bison or young mammoths, which they had to hunt in groups. The last Smilodon's died 10 000 years ago.