(1) It is a powerful cat to be tethered to, the largest felid in the New World; worldwide only the lion and the tiger beat it in size.(2) Additionally, not all of the taxa recognized as morphologically hypercarnivorous exhibit the very extreme specializations of felids .(3) The lower jaw exhibits several characteristics superficially resembling those in some felids .(4) Canids and, to a lesser extent, felids are present in the Tundran, Coniferan, and Deciduan subregions always as continuous carnivores.(5) Mustelids and felids were expected to have the strongest bites and canids the weakest.
