The broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) is a crocodilian in the family Alligatoridae found in eastern and central South America, including southeastern...
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C. c. fuscus, Brown caiman †C. lutescens †C. venezuelensis †C. wannlangstoni †C. brevirostris C. latirostris, broad-snouted caiman Genus Melanosuchus †M...
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yacare caiman (Caiman yacare), also known commonly as the jacare caiman, Paraguayan caiman, piranha caiman, red caiman, and southern spectacled caiman, is...
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The genus Caiman contains three extant (living) species: the Broad-snouted caiman ("Caiman latirostris"), the Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus)...
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caiman (Caiman yacare) and the Broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris). There are also several extinct fossil species in the genus Caiman, possibly...
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Alligatoridae (redirect from Caiman (crocodilian))
Bottosaurus Genus Caiman † Caiman brevirostris Caiman crocodilus, Spectacled caiman Caiman latirostris, Broad-snouted caiman † Caiman lutescans † Caiman venezuelensis...
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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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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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dwarf caiman genus Paleosuchus. In 1999, Brochu formally cladistically defined Jacarea as the last common ancestor of Caiman latirosris (Broad-snouted caiman)...
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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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broad-snouted caiman, spectacled caiman and yacare caiman have been involved in non-fatal attacks. Four of them, the Siamese crocodile, broad-snouted...
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The West African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus), or slender-snouted crocodile, is a critically endangered species of African crocodile...
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Mugger crocodile (redirect from Broad-snouted Crocodile)
The mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) is a medium-sized broad-snouted crocodile, also known as mugger and marsh crocodile. It is native to freshwater...
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semiaquatic reptiles, which includes true crocodiles, the alligators and caimans, and the gharial and false gharial. A member of this order is called a...
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Mecistops (redirect from Slender snouted crocodile)
two species: the West African slender-snouted crocodile (M. cataphractus) and the Central African slender-snouted crocodile (M. leptorhynchus). Both species...
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Animals: Broad-snouted caiman Long-snouted pipefish Long-snouted spinner dolphin Rough snouted giant gecko Sharp snouted piranha Short-snouted New Caledonian...
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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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crustaceans, while extremely broad-snouted species with blunt teeth, like the Chinese alligator and broad-snouted caiman, specialise in eating hard-shelled...
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Mecistops cataphractus West African slender-snouted crocodile Mecistops leptorhynchus Central African slender-snouted crocodile Genus Brochuchus† Brochuchus...
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false gharial has one of the slimmest snouts of any living crocodilian, comparable to that of the slender-snouted crocodile and the freshwater crocodile...
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extinct genus of giant, aberrant caiman from the Miocene of South America. Its skull has been described as duck-like, being broad, flat, and very elongate, superficially...
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(Osteolaemus tetraspis), also known as the African dwarf crocodile, broad-snouted crocodile (a name more often used for the Asian mugger crocodile) or...
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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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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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American alligator (section Jaws, teeth, and snout)
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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1913. Cairo: Ministry of Public Works. p. 21. Francis, R. (1911). "The broad snouted Mugger in the Indus". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society...
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opportunity to prey on a variety of birds, mammals, and reptiles, including caimans on occasion. The prey base is mostly made up of large predatory fish, challenging...
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habitat use by the three crocodile species in Liberia (West African, slender-snouted and dwarf), it was found that the West African crocodile typically occupied...
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together. The broadest snouted modern crocodilians are alligators and larger caimans. For example, a 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in) black caiman (Melanosuchus niger)...
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