Lionboy: The Chase - Book Two

I am reading Lion Boy: The Chase. I really enjoy the detail that the author puts into these books. In the book there is a animal called a Saber Toothed Lion but they said that Snowy leaperds had gone extinced. I don't think they have gone extinced yet witch enfasises Annapurna saying that she thought this toke place in the future. I have a feeling the anwser to this question is yes but, I was woundering if there is a natural history musseum in France? The reason I ask this is because they talked about one in the book.