Alligator

Alligators
Temporal range: Paleocene-Holocene, 37–0 Ma
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An American alligator (tap) an a Cheenese alligator (bottom)
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Crocodylia
Faimily: Alligatoridae
Subfaimily: Alligatorinae
Genus: Alligator
Daudin, 1809
Teep species
Alligator mississipiensis
Daudin, 1802 (originally Crocodylus)
Species
  • †Alligator mcgrewi
  • †Alligator mefferdi
  • Alligator mississippiensis
  • †Alligator olseni
  • †Alligator prenasalis
  • Alligator sinensis

An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator o the faimily Alligatoridae. The twa livin species are the American alligator (A. mississippiensis) an the Chinee alligator (A. sinensis).