Back قاطور Arabic قاطور ARZ Alligator AST Alliqator Azerbaijani Алігатары Byelorussian Алігатары BE-X-OLD Алигатори Bulgarian ཨེ་ལི་གེ་ཊར། Tibetan Aligator Breton Al·ligàtor Catalan
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| Genus: | Alligator Daudin, 1809
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Alligator mississippiensis | |
Alligator is a genus in the order Crocodilia. There are two living species: the American alligator and the smaller Chinese alligator. Together with the caimans, the gharials, and the crocodiles, they make up the order Crocodilia.
The first alligators existed about 37 million years ago.[1] However, older species of alligators have become extinct.
- ↑ "Alligator Daudin 1809 (Alligator)". FossilWorks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Paleobiology Database / Macquarie University. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-06-02.