What is the Nimravidae?
Q: What is the Nimravidae?
A: The Nimravidae is an extinct family in the Carnivora.
Q: What type of mammal is the Nimravidae?
A: The Nimravidae is a type of cat-like mammal in the suborder Feliformia.
Q: Where did the Nimravidae live?
A: The Nimravidae lived in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Q: When did the Nimravidae live?
A: The Nimravidae lived from the Eocene through the Miocene epochs, 42–20 million years ago.
Q: How long did the Nimravidae last?
A: The Nimravidae lasted for about 22 million years.
Q: Are nimravids closely related to the sabre-toothed cats of genus Smilodon?
A: No, although some nimravids physically resembled the sabre-toothed cats of genus Smilodon, they were not closely related, but evolved a similar form through parallel evolution.
Q: When did the ancestors of nimravids and felids diverge from their common ancestor?
A: The ancestors of nimravids and felids diverged from their common ancestor about 50 mya.
