 In agreement with that, more recent sources estimated "Megantereon" from the European lower Pleistocene at .In Europe, "Megantereon" may have preyed on larger artiodactyls, horses or the young of rhinos and elephants.Despite its size, "Megantereon" would have also likely been scansorial and therefore able to climb trees, like the earlier "Promegantereon" (thought to be its ancestor), and unlike the later "Smilodon", which is believed to have spent its time on the ground.