剑齿虎属(Machairodus)通称为短劍虎或短劍劍齒虎,是生存於1100-1.2萬年前歐洲、亞洲、非洲及北美洲的大型劍齒虎亞科动物。剑齿虎属的物種在體型及比例上有很大的差異,最大約有獅子的大小。牠們有很大的犬齒,齒上有鋸齒,但在幾年內就會磨損。[1]
剑齿虎属有可能是似劍齒虎的祖先。剑齿虎属與所有貓科都是從原小熊貓演化而來。
本属已经描述的包括以下物种:
- Machairodus alberdiae Ginsburg et al., 1981
- 阿芬短劍劍齒虎 Machairodus aphanistus Kaup, 1832[2]
- Machairodus laskerevi Sotnikova, 1992
- Machairodus pseudaeluroides Schmidt-Kittler, 1976
- Machairodus robinsoni Kurtén, 1975
- Machairodus horribilis Schlosser, 1903
- Machairodus kabir Peigne et al. 2005[4][5]
- Machairodus lahayishupup Orcut, 2021
Manuel J. Salesa, Bárbara Hernández, Pilar Marín, Gema Siliceo, Irene Martínez, Mauricio Antón, María Isabel García-Real, Juan Francisco Pastor and Rosa Ana García-Fernández. 2024. New insights on the Ecology and Behavior of Machairodus aphanistus (Carnivora, Felidae, Machairodontinae) through the Paleopathological Study of the Fossil Sample from the Late Miocene (Vallesian, MN 10) of Cerro de los Batallones (Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid, Spain). Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 31, 21. DOI: 10.1007/s10914-024-09721-8
存档副本. [2019-10-18]. (原始内容存档于2016-03-21).
Peigné, Stéphane, et al. "A new machairodontine (Carnivora, Felidae) from the Late Miocene hominid locality of TM 266, Toros-Menalla, Chad." Comptes Rendus Palevol 4.3 (2005): 243-253.