Caiman (genus)
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| Caimans | |
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| Yacare Caiman, Caiman yacare | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Clade: | Jacarea |
| Genus: | Caiman Spix, 1825 |
| Type species | |
| Caiman fissipes Spix, 1825 | |
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Caimans are alligatorid crocodylians within the subfamily Caimaninae. Caimans inhabit Central and South America. They are relatively small crocodilians, with most species reaching lengths of only a few meters, although one species, the black caiman, can exceed 4 m (13 ft) in length.[1]
Taxonomy
- Genus Caiman
- Caiman venezuelensis†[2]
- Yacare caiman, Caiman yacare
- Spectacled caiman, Caiman crocodilus
- Rio Apaporis caiman, C. c. apaporiensis
- Brown caiman, C. c. fuscus
- Caiman lutescans (extinct)
- Broad-snouted caiman, Caiman latirostris
References
- ↑ Brochu, C. A. (1999). "Phylogenetics, Taxonomy, and Historical Biogeography of Alligatoroidea". Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 6: 9–100. doi:10.2307/3889340. JSTOR 3889340.
- ↑ Daniel Costa Fortiera y Ascanio Daniel Rincón (2012). Pleistocene crocodylians from Venezuela, and the description of a new species of Caiman. Quaternary International. In press, DOI:dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2012.03.018.
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