See soorce fer American alligator

{{speciesbox
| taxon = Alligator mississippiensis
| authority = ([[François Marie Daudin|Daudin]], 1802 [oreeginally ''[[Crocodilus]]''])
| name = American alligator
| image = American Alligator.jpg
| status =LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref>{{IUCN2008 | assessor=Crocodile Specialist Group | year=1996 | title=Alligator mississippiensis | id=46583 | downloaded=February 24, 2009}}</ref> 
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|8|0}}<small>[[Miocene]] – Recent</small>
| synonyms =
* '''''Crocodilus mississipiensis''''' <small>[[François Marie Daudin|Daudin]], 1802</small>
| range_map = Rangemapx.gif
| range_map_caption = Approximate range of American Alligator
}}
The '''American alligator''' (''Alligator mississippiensis''), whiles refert tae colloquially as a ''' gator''' or '''common alligator''', is a muckle [[crocodilian]] [[reptile]] endemic tae the [[sootheastren Unitit States]]. It is ane o twa livin species in the [[genus]] ''[[Alligator]]'' athin the faimily [[Alligatoridae]]; it is mair muckle nor the ither [[extant species|livin]] alligator species, the [[Chinee alligator]]. Adult male American alligators meisurs {{convert|3.4|to|4.6|m|ft|abbr=on}} in lenth, an can wecht up tae {{convert|453|kg|lb|-1|abbr=on}}. Females is smawer, meisurin around {{convert|3|m|ft|abbr=on}}. The American alligator indwalls freshwatter [[wetland]]s, lik [[marsh]]es an cypress [[swamp]]s frae [[Texas]] tae [[North Carolina]]. It is distinguished frae the [[sympatric]] [[American crocodile]] bi its braider snoot, wi owerlappin chowks an darker colouration, an tholes less sautwatter but tholes mair cuiler climates nor the American crocodile, whilk is anly foond in tropical climates.

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[[Category:Alligatoridae]]
[[Category:Megafauna o North Americae]]
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