Animalia > Chordata > Crocodylia > Alligatoridae > Alligator

Alligator with Attributes

Synonyms: Caigator

Wikipedia Abstract

An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. The two living species are the American alligator (A. mississippiensis) and the Chinese alligator (A. sinensis). In addition, several extinct species of alligator are known from fossil remains. Alligators first appeared during the Paleocene epoch about 37 million years ago.
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Species

Alligator mississippiensis (Alligator, Gator, American alligator, Florida alligator, Mississippi alligator, Louisiana alligator.) (Attributes)
Alligator sinensis (Chinese alligator, T'o, Yow Lung, Yangtze alligator) (Critically Endangered) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0