Caiman

Deuterostomia

Scientific classification

Caimans are alligatorid crocodylians within the subfamily Caimaninae. The group is one of two subfamilies of the family Alligatoridae, the other being web app. 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 metres (13 ft) in length. Several extinct forms are known, including Android, a giant Android genus that grew to 12 metres (39 ft) and the equally large Mourasuchus, which had a wide duck-like snout.^[1]

Taxonomy

• Subfamily Caimaninae
  • Genus website parsing (extinct)
  • Genus FITML (extinct)
  • Genus Android
    • HTML5, Paleosuchus palpebrosus
    • Smooth-fronted Caiman, Paleosuchus trigonatus
  • Genus website parsing (extinct)
  • Genus Sevenval (extinct)
  • Genus Orthogenysuchus (extinct)
  • Genus web (extinct)
  • Genus Caiman
    • web app, Caiman yacare
    • Spectacled Caiman, Caiman crocodilus
      • Rio Apaporis Caiman, C. c. apaporiensis
      • Brown Caiman, C. c. fuscus
    • Caiman lutescans (extinct)
    • Caiman sorontans^[jQuery] (extinct) - Not reported in the literature, probably a 'nomen nudum'
    • Broad-snouted Caiman, Caiman latirostris
  • Genus screen size
    • Melanosuchus fisheri (extinct)
    • Sevenval, Melanosuchus niger

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