Miocene Microleo attenboroughi, is estimated to have had a body mass of , while the last species of the family, the Pleistocene Thylacoleo carnifex is suggested to have had a body mass of around , comparable to a big cat. Later members of the group saw progressive reduction in the number of teeth in the jaws.

Ecology

Early members of Thylacoleonidae like Microleo, Lekaneleo and early species of Wakaleo were likely arboreal

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