The yacare caiman (Caiman yacare), also known commonly as the jacare caiman, Paraguayan caiman, piranha caiman, red caiman, and southern spectacled caiman...
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latirostris (Broad-snouted caiman), Caiman crocodilus (Spectacled caiman), Caiman yacare (Yacare caiman), Melanosuchus niger (Black caiman), and all its descendants...
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caiman may cause confusion. The spectacled caiman is one of three extant (living) species of the genus Caiman, the other two being the Yacare caiman (Caiman...
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and the Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare). There are also several extinct fossil species in the genus - possibly up to eight species. The genus Caiman belongs...
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Alligatoridae (redirect from Caiman (crocodilian))
caiman † Caiman lutescans † Caiman venezuelensis † Caiman wannlangstoni Caiman yacare, Yacare caiman Genus † Centenariosuchus Genus † Chinatichampsus Genus...
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broad-snouted caiman is one of three extant (living) species of the genus Caiman, the other two being the Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) and the Yacare caiman...
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species of caimans. Other common names for this species include the musky caiman, the dwarf caiman, Cuvier's caiman, and the smooth-fronted caiman (the latter...
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The black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) is a crocodilian reptile endemic to South America. With a maximum length of around 5 to 6 m (16 to 20 ft) and a mass...
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Dracaena (lizard) (redirect from Caiman Lizard)
laterally flattened tails, similar to their namesake, the yacare caiman. The long tails help the caiman lizards to successfully swim and dive. They also have...
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broad-snouted caiman, spectacled caiman and yacare caiman have been involved in non-fatal attacks. Four of them, the Siamese crocodile, broad-snouted caiman, spectacled...
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latirosris (Broad-snouted caiman), Caiman crocodilus (Spectacled caiman), Caiman yacare (Yacare caiman), Melanosuchus niger (Black caiman), and all its descendants...
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The smooth-fronted caiman (Paleosuchus trigonatus), also known as Schneider's dwarf caiman or Schneider's smooth-fronted caiman, is a crocodilian from...
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ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), and the yacare caiman (Caiman yacare). According to 1996 data, there were 10 million caimans in the Pantanal, making it the highest...
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Rugby Americas season as "Yacare XV". The team's name and logo image are based on yacare caiman, a mid-size species of caiman native to Paraguay, Argentina...
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August 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2013. "Crocodile Communication: Crocodiles, Caimans, Alligators, Gharials". Flmnh.ufl.edu. 5 March 1996. Retrieved 25 July...
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spellings of the name included allagarta and alagarto. Alligators and caimans split in North America during the early Tertiary or late Cretaceous (about...
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T46585A3009813.en. Campos, Z.; Llobet, A.; Magnusson, W. E.; Piña, C. (2020). "Caiman yacare". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T46586A3009881. doi:10...
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extant members of the order Crocodilia, which includes the alligators and caimans (family Alligatoridae), the gharial and false gharial (family Gavialidae)...
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& Bennett, R. A. (2001). "Experimental inoculation of broad-nosed caimans (Caiman latirostris) and Siamese crocodiles (Crocodylus siamensis) with Mycoplasma...
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makes it the smallest living crocodile species, although the Cuvier's dwarf caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus), a member of the family Alligatoridae, is smaller...
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with the American alligator in Florida, and with the smaller spectacled caiman within Central America and South America. The IUCN lists the American crocodile...
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predator and preys on a variety of birds, mammals and reptiles, including caimans on occasion. Its prey base is mostly large predatory fish, challenging...
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Paranasuchus (redirect from Caiman gasparinae)
of large caiman from the Late Miocene Ituzaingó Formation of Argentina. The type species was originally described as a new species of Caiman, C. gasparinae...
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includes the true crocodiles (family Crocodylidae), the alligators and caimans (family Alligatoridae), and the gharial and false gharial (family Gavialidae)...
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two species were often differentiated as cocodrilo (for C. porosus) and caimán for (for C. mindorensis), but this distinction is not followed by English...
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floodplains, jaguars opportunistically take reptiles such as turtles and caimans. Consumption of reptiles appears to be more frequent in jaguars than in...
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Paranacaiman (redirect from Caiman lutescens)
genus of large caiman from the Late Miocene Ituzaingó Formation of Argentina. The holotype, a skull table, was part of the hypodigm for "Caiman lutescens"...
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by length and the heaviest of the family Alligatoridae, after the black caiman. Females are smaller, measuring 2.6 to 3 m (8.5 to 9.8 ft) in length. The...
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species of caimans some 30 million years ago. At present, Paleosuchus contains only two members: the smooth-fronted or Schneider's dwarf caiman (Paleosuchus...
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constrictor imperator, common northern boa Caiman latirostris, broad-snouted caiman Caiman yacare, yacare caiman Clelia clelia, black mussurana Coronella...
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