Cats have two evolutionary lineages – one is for the “true” cats and the other evolutionary line is the sabre-toothed cats that are extinct now.
Cats are carnivores meaning it is an animal that feeds on other animals.
A famous example of a sabre-tooth cat is a Smilodon cat like Diego, the one we see in Ice Age the movie. The Smilodon (sabre-tooth tigers) were about 1.5 times the size of a lion (1).
Sabre tooth cats are extinct however the clouded leopard cat is the closest we have in the world with the extreme trait of long canine teeth in relation to their body size (2).
The long upper canine teeth of the clouded leopard cat are still a lot smaller compared to the size of the teeth that sabre tooth cats had. Sabre tooth cats were known...