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Crocodilia
Taxonomic Serial No.: 551734

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Order
	Synonym(s):	Crocodylia
	Common Name(s):	alligators [English]
		caimans [English]
		crocodiles [English]
		Crocodilians [English]
		crocodilo [Portuguese]
		gavials [English]
		jacaré [Portuguese]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2001

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia -- Animal, animals, animaux
	Phylum	Chordata -- chordates, cordado, cordés
	Subphylum	Vertebrata -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés
	Class	Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 -- répteis, reptiles, Reptiles
	Order	Crocodilia -- alligators, caimans, crocodiles, Crocodilians, crocodilo, gavials, jacaré
		Direct Children:
	Family	Alligatoridae -- Alligators, Caimans
	Family	Crocodylidae -- Crocodiles
	Family	Gavialidae Adams, 1854 -- Gavials, Gharials

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Roy W. McDiarmid
	Notes:	U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
	Reference for:	Crocodilia

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	CRIA-Brazil, website (version 2002)
	Acquired:	2003
	Notes:
	Reference for:	crocodilo [Portuguese], jacaré [Portuguese]

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
	Publication Date:	2004
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004)
	Page(s):
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:	As-yet (2004) unpublished manuscript from 1998
	Reference for:	Crocodilia, Crocodilians

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
	Publication Date:	1987
	Article/Chapter Title:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Resource Publication, no. 166
	Page(s):	79
	Publisher:	United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
	Publication Place:	Washington, D.C., USA
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Crocodilia

Geographic Information


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Comments


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Wed Jan 11 2012 03:05:18 MST


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