The Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis; simplified Chinese: 鼍; traditional Chinese: 鼉; pinyin: tuó), also known as the Yangtze alligator (simplified...
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the American alligator (A. mississippiensis) and the Chinese alligator (A. sinensis). Additionally, several extinct species of alligator are known from...
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Alligatoridae (redirect from Alligator and caiman family)
American alligator † Alligator olseni † Alligator prenasalis Alligator sinensis, Chinese alligator † Alligator thomsoni Genus † Allognathosuchus Genus...
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in the genus Alligator, and is larger than the only other living alligator species, the Chinese alligator. Adult male American alligators measure 3.4 to...
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Alligator meat is the meat from alligators that is for consumption. It has been used both historically and in contemporary times in various cuisines of...
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Crocodile farm (redirect from Alligator Farm)
crocodile and alligator skin, and other goods. Many species of both alligators and crocodiles are farmed internationally. In Louisiana alone, alligator farming...
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of A. munensis was discovered, it was tentatively assigned to the Chinese alligator before being recognized as a distinct species. Although the two are...
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identified four reliable theories on the origin of the Chinese dragon: snakes, Chinese alligators, thunder worship and nature worship. They traditionally...
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Spectacled caiman (redirect from Lacerta alligator)
States; in the latter, it is sometimes mislabeled as the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Invasive populations have become established in...
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dwellers, and the Chinese alligator is found in slow-moving, turbid rivers flowing across China's floodplains. The American alligator is an adaptable species...
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wannlangstoni Genus Melanosuchus M. niger, black caiman †M. latrubessei Chinese alligator Rio, Jonathan P.; Mannion, Philip D. (6 September 2021). "Phylogenetic...
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Alligator hailensis, or Haile alligator, is a large, extinct species of Alligator known from the early Pleistocene of Florida. It is named after the town...
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(about 53 million to about 65 million years ago). The Chinese alligator split from the American alligator about 33 million years ago and likely descended from...
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Yangtze (redirect from Yangtze River (China))
Yangtze or Yangzi (English: /ˈjæŋtsi/ or /ˈjɑːŋtsi/ simplified Chinese: 长江; traditional Chinese: 長江; pinyin: Cháng Jiāng; lit. 'long river') is the longest...
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Alligatoridae. It is closely related to the living American alligator and Chinese alligator, as shown in the cladogram below: Paleontology portal Rio,...
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programme OYAN, Parque nacional Cabo Orange. Vliet, Kent A. (3 March 2020). Alligators: The Illustrated Guide to Their Biology, Behavior, and Conservation. JHU...
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Broad-snouted caiman (redirect from Alligator cynocephalus)
species; it is the third-largest alligatorid behind the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) and the aforementioned black caiman. Primarily...
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The alligator drum (simplified Chinese: 鼍鼓; traditional Chinese: 鼉鼓; pinyin: tuó gǔ) is a type of drum once used in Neolithic China, made from clay and...
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The alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) is a euryhaline ray-finned fish in the clade Ginglymodi of the infraclass Holostei /hoʊˈlɒstiaɪ/, being most...
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Alligator thomsoni is an extinct species of alligator that existed during the Early Miocene period. Their range was principally in what is now known as...
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Alligatoridae. It is related to the living American alligator and Chinese alligator, as shown in the cladogram below: The average measurements for the...
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: 7 Its specific name, yacare, comes from the word jacaré, which means "alligator" in Old Tupi and then assimilated into Portuguese. The yacare caiman is...
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dwarf caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus) is a small crocodilian in the alligator family from northern and central South America. It is found in Bolivia...
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Isthmus of Panama during the Neogene period. The Chinese alligator split from the American alligator about 33 million years ago and likely descended from...
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6580. PMC 6433001. PMID 30931177. Alderton, D. (1991). Crocodiles and Alligators of the World. New York: Facts on File Publications. Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo;...
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The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park is one of Florida's oldest continuously running attractions, having opened on May 20, 1893. It has 24...
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on July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2017. Alligators, River Dolphins, Giant Salamanders In China - China | Facts And Details Archived 2010-11-23 at the...
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fossil species, based on morphological analysis: Caimans are similar to alligators in morphology but differ in having bony plates, known as osteoderms, buried...
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include all extant members of the order Crocodilia, which includes the alligators and caimans (family Alligatoridae), the gharial and false gharial (family...
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Alligator prenasalis is an extinct species of alligator from the Late Eocene period. It is well known, with many fossils having been collected from the...
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