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There are two species of alligator in the world and thirteen or fourteen species of crocodile (depending on whether or not you consider the dwarf crocodiles of Africa to comprise two separate species).
There are also six species of caiman and one species of gharial, which are also types of crocodilians.
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What is the alligator species name?
The genus Alligator has two species:Alligator mississippiensis - the American AlligatorandAlligator sinensis - the Chinese Alligator
What is the genus name for the alligator snapping turtle?
Macroclemys temminck
What is the scientific name of alligator?
Well, there are different types of alligators with their own scientific names. The general family of alligators is called Alligatoridae, which is derived from the Spanish el lagarto(the lizard). The alligator is a crocodilia ind the genus Alligator.The Spanish guys found the American alligator (alligator mississippiensis) while exploring around Florida; but there's also a Chinese alligator (alligator sinensis) which is smaller, but better armoured.The alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. There are two species -- the Alligator Mississippiensis or American alligator and the Alligator Sinensis or Chinese alligator.
What is the scientific classification of the Americian Aligator?
The scientific classification of the American alligator is: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Crocodylia Family: Alligatoridae Genus: Alligator Species: Alligator mississippiensis
What is the kingdom phylum class order family genus species of an alligator?
kingdom- animalia phylum- chordata class- sauropsida order- crocodilia family- alligatoridae genus- alligator species- mississippiensis als crocodilia
Does the alligator belong to the dragon family?
No, the alligator is a crocodilian that belongs in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. Dragon family does not exist in the classification of animals. The Komodo dragon is a member of the monitor family (Varanidae).
What is the scientific name for a white alligator?
The scientific name of an alligator depends on what kind of alligator to which you are referring. There are two living species today, the American Alligator (scientific name, Alligator mississippiensis) and the Chinese Alligator (Alligator sinensis).The only alligators that have been known to come out white are American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). White alligator are not a species of their own they are either albino or leucistic ones of the American alligator or saltwater crocodile.
Do they have a breed call gator?
North American alligators constitute the genus Alligator,family Crocodylidae and are sometimes recognized as a separate family, Alligatoridae.
What is the scientific name for alligator?
American Alligator: Alligator missipiensisChinese Alligator :Alligator sinensis)Alligator mississippiensis
Is a cayman a crocodile or an alligator?
Neither...a cayman (caiman) is a cayman. Crocodile: Order: Crocodilia Family: Crocodylidae Alligator: Order: Crocodilia Family: Alligatoridae Cayman: Order: Crocodilia Family: Alligatoridae Subfamily: Caimaninae The cayman is more closely related to the alligator having the same family, but the cayman has a different subfamily and the genus and species are different for all three. Neither...a cayman (caiman) is a cayman. Crocodile: Order: Crocodilia Family: Crocodylidae Alligator: Order: Crocodilia Family: Alligatoridae Cayman: Order: Crocodilia Family: Alligatoridae Subfamily: Caimaninae The cayman is more closely related to the alligator having the same family, but the cayman has a different subfamily and the genus and species are different for all three. Deb McGuire http://www.hawaiipetphotos.com
What are the different kinds of alligator?
The Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) and the larger American alligator (Alligator mississippensis).
Is an alligator European?
No. There were two species of alligator: the American Alligator and the Chinese alligator.
