Global InformationHemimachairodus information
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | †Machairodontinae |
| Genus: | †Hemimachairodus Koenigswald, 1974 |
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| Hemimachairodus zwierzyckii (von Koenigswald, 1934)
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Hemimachairodus is an extinct genus of machairodontine (sabre-toothed) cat with only one species, Hemimachairodus zwierzyckii, known from fossils from the Pleistocene of Java.
Fossil segments of Hemimachairodus were unearthed in Pleistocene dig sites in Java in Indonesia alongside other predators such as Panthera tigris, Homotherium latidens, and Megacyon merriami, and it most likely competed with these species for prey. H. zwierzyckii was estimated by one study to have weighed about 130 kilograms (290 lb).[1]
- ^ Volmer, Rebekka; Hertler, Christine; van der Geer, Alexandra (1 January 2016). "Niche overlap and competition potential among tigers (Panthera tigris), sabertoothed cats (Homotherium ultimum, Hemimachairodus zwierzyckii) and Merriam's Dog (Megacyon merriami) in the Pleistocene of Java". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 441: 901–911. Bibcode:2016PPP...441..901V. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.10.039. hdl:10795/3286.