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- How many types of crocodiles do we have?
- What is the rarest type of crocodile?
- What are the three species of crocodile?
- What's the oldest crocodile?
- Is a caiman a crocodile?
- Which is bigger alligator or crocodile?
- What is the biggest breed of crocodile?
- What is the world's largest crocodile?
- What are Indian crocodile called?
- Which crocodile is extinct?
- What is the difference between alligator and crocodile?
- Where are the 3 species of crocodile found?
How many types of crocodiles do we have?
Crocodiles are large reptiles found in tropical regions of Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. They are members of the order Crocodilia, which also includes caimans, gharials and alligators. There are 13 species of crocodiles, so there are many different sizes of crocodile.
What is the rarest type of crocodile?
The endemic and critically endangered Philippine crocodile is one of the rarest animals on the planet. Although respected by indigenous communities, the crocodiles have an image problem with outsiders. To many they are viewed as man-eaters and are even associated with corrupt politicians!
What are the three species of crocodile?
The crocodilian family consists of 27 different species that are subdivided into three families: True crocodiles, alligators and caimans and gharials.
What's the oldest crocodile?
The world's oldest living crocodile in captivity is Henry the Nile Crocodile, who earned a reputation as a man eater in Botswana before being captured by an elephant hunter named Sir Henry in 1903. He now resides at Crocworld Conservation Centre in South Africa, and is thought to be at least 117 years old.
Is a caiman a crocodile?
Caimans belong to the same family as the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis); they're more distantly related to crocodiles, which belong to a separate family under the order Crocodylia. ... Crocodiles tend to have V-shaped noses, while those of caimans and alligators are more rounded and resemble U's.
Which is bigger alligator or crocodile?
Crocodiles also tend to be longer than they alligator full grown. An adult crocodile can grow up to roughly 19 feet long, whereas for alligators, the maximum length is around 14 feet. Crocodile hides tend to be more of a light tan or olive color, whereas alligators are usually a dark blackish grey.
What is the biggest breed of crocodile?
The largest species of crocodilian in the world is the estuarine or saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), which ranges throughout the tropical regions of Asia and the Pacific, including the northern coast of Australia.
What is the world's largest crocodile?
Record holder
Adam Britton gathered measurements, Lolong was officially certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the "world's largest crocodile in captivity" at 6.17 m (20 ft 3 in).
What are Indian crocodile called?
Characteristics. Gharial derives its name from ghara, an Indian word for pot because of a bulbous knob (narial excrescence) present at the end of their snout. The ghara also renders gharial the only visibly sexually dimorphic crocodilian. The species are largely piscivorous of all extant crocodilians.
Which crocodile is extinct?
Deinosuchus (/ˌdaɪnəˈsjuːkəs/) is an extinct genus of alligatoroid crocodilian related to the modern alligator that lived 82 to 73 million years ago (Ma), during the late Cretaceous period.
What is the difference between alligator and crocodile?
The most obvious way to discern the two reptiles is to stare down their sinister snouts. Alligators have U-shaped faces that are wide and short, while crocodiles have slender almost V-shaped muzzles. ... When an alligator closes its mouth, you tend to see only its upper teeth.
Where are the 3 species of crocodile found?
KENDRAPARA : Odisha's Kendrapara district, crisscrossed by rivers, creeks and water inlets, has earned the distinction of being the only district in India where all three species of crocodiles -- salt-water, gharial and mugger -- are found, a forest official said on Tuesday.
