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All alligators and crocodiles belong to the family crocodilian. This includes the Nile crocodile, the saltwater crocodile, the American crocodile, the American alligator, the Cayman, the dwarf Cayman, the white Cayman (extremely rare), the gharial, and the west-African crocodile. Think you can handle that?
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∙ 14y agoA crocodile is any species belonging to the family Crocodylidae (sometimes classified instead as the subfamily Crocodylinae). The term can also be used more loosely to include all members of the order Crocodilia: i.e. the true crocodiles, the alligators and caimans (family Alligatoridae) and the gharials (family Gavialidae), or even the Crocodylomorpha which includes prehistoric crocodile relatives and ancestors.
Member species of the family Crocodylidae are large aquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. Crocodiles tend to congregate in freshwater habitats like rivers, lakes, wetlands and sometimes in brackish water. They feed mostly on vertebrates like fish, reptiles, and mammals, sometimes on invertebrates like mollusks and crustaceans, depending on species.
They are an ancient lineage, and are believed to have changed little since the time of the dinosaurs. They are believed to be 200 million years old whereas dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago; crocodiles survived great extinction events.
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What are cold blooded crocodiles called?
They are just called crocodiles because all crocodiles are cold-blooded. Although they are called crocodiles, there are different species of crocodiles.
What other species are caimans related to?
Alligators, crocodiles and gharials
Do crocodiles eat black swans?
Crocodiles will eat Black swans if the opportunity presents itself, but the two species do not tend to inhabit the same regions of Australia.
What is bigger a crocodile or a hippo?
Crocodiles are bigger the largest alligators are usually 16-19ft long while for crocodiles in exremelly rare cases saltwater crocodiles have exceeded 27ft(8meters) in the wild.In general, crocodiles are the larger species. This however, does depend on the individual. American Aliigators can grow up to 18 feet, the Gharial grows up to about 20 feet, as does the Nile and Mugger Crocodiles. The largest species of all 23 of the Crocodilians is the Saltwater Crocodile which has been known to reach lengths of 24 feet.It depends on the species, but the largest croc is the bigger than the largest alligator.
Do alligators and crocodiles interbreed and pass genetic information to one another allowing the species to develop in a similar way?
No, they do not. They are 2 different species, and cannot interbreed.
What are cold blooded crocodiles called?
They are just called crocodiles because all crocodiles are cold-blooded. Although they are called crocodiles, there are different species of crocodiles.
Why are saltwater crocodiles more aggressive than freshwater crocodiles?
Because it is a different species of crocodile and different species behave differently.
What do you call the group of mammals to which such species as lions crocodiles and wolves belong?
The group of mammals that include lions, crocodiles, and wolves belong to the category of carnivores, which are animals that primarily feed on meat.
How many species of crocodiles are there in Africa?
7000
How many speces of crocodiles are there?
23 species
Endangered species in Amazon?
the aligators and crocodiles
How many species of crocodiles are in Africa?
7000
What are the species of crocodiles in Africa?
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How man species of crocodiles are there?
There are 23 species of Crocodilian - 2 true Alligators, 6 species of Caiman, 12 true Crocodiles, a dwarf Crocodile, a false Gharial and the Indian Gharial.
Are the alligators and crocodiles the same species?
No. They are slightly different.
What species are the world's largest reptiles?
Aligators and Crocodiles
How long is normal crocodiles?
It depends on the species, nile and salt water crocodiles, the largest species can be up to 6metres, whereas the smallest species, the Cuban dwarf crocdile and Siamese crocodile, are only 2m long.
