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Three extant crocodilian species clockwise from top-left: saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), and gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) Crocodilia is an order of mostly large, predatory, semiaquatic reptiles, which includes true crocodiles, the alligators, and caimans; as well as the gharial and ...
Crocodiles (family Crocodylidae) or true crocodiles are large, semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.The term “crocodile” is sometimes used more loosely to include all extant members of the order Crocodilia, which includes the alligators and caimans (both members of the family Alligatoridae), the gharial and false gharial (both ...
The generic name, Crocodylus, was proposed by Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti in 1768. [2] Crocodylus contains 13–14 extant (living) species and 5 extinct species. There are additional extinct species attributed to the genus Crocodylus that studies have shown no longer belong, although they have not yet been reassigned to new genera.
The order includes the true crocodiles (family Crocodylidae), the alligators and caimans (family Alligatoridae), and the gharial and false gharial (family Gavialidae). Although the term "crocodiles" is sometimes used to refer to all of these families, the term "crocodilians" is less ambiguous.
Then, the crocodiles were classified critically endangered in hopes of reducing the number lost to poaching. However, despite its new classification, it's population decreased by 58% between 1997 ...
Alligators and crocodiles differ in some key ways, from their scales to teeth to snout shape and beyond. Watch the latest video from A-Z-Animals to discover fascinating facts about these two ...
Articles about taxa in the order Crocodilia—the crocodiles, alligators, and gharials, as well as some extinct species Subcategories This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total.
The crocodile video has gotten nearly 200,000 views on Facebook since being posted Nov. 2, and hundreds of reactions and comments.