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The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), sometimes referred to as a gator or common alligator, is a large crocodilian reptile native to the Southeastern United States and a small section of northeastern Mexico. It is one of the two extant species in the genus Alligator, and is larger than the only other living alligator species, the ...
Alligators lie on the boardwalk platform waiting to feed on fish from visitors at Gatorland in Orlando, Florida on June 25, 2024. ORLANDO, Fla. – On a scorching summer afternoon, Michael Hoffman ...
An American alligator and a Burmese python in Everglades National Park struggling in lock. Burmese pythons in the state of Florida are classified as an invasive species.They disrupt the ecosystem by preying on native species, outcompeting native species for food or other resources, and/or disrupting the physical nature of the environment.
Big Cypress National Preserve is a United States National Preserve located in South Florida, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) west of Miami on the Atlantic coastal plain. The 720,000-acre (2,900 km 2) Big Cypress, along with Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas, became the first national preserves in the United States National Park System when ...
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the alligator population is estimated to be around 1.3 million across the state’s 67 counties.
A study published in 2011 found some mammal populations have dropped over 90 percent in areas populated by pythons. Burmese pythons share the top of the food chain in the Everglades with alligators and prey on 39 endangered species and 41 additional rare species.
Alligator sinensis. † Alligator thomsoni. An alligator, or colloquially gator, is a large reptile in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae of the order Crocodilia. The two extant species are the American alligator (A. mississippiensis) and the Chinese alligator (A. sinensis).
Everglades National Park is a national park of the United States that protects the southern twenty percent of the original Everglades in Florida. The park is the largest tropical wilderness in the United States and the largest wilderness of any kind east of the Mississippi River. An average of one million people visit the park each year. [5]