Gharial
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Gharial Temporal range: 33.9–0 Ma Late Eocene – Recent | |
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Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Reptilia |
Order: | Crocodylia |
Faimily: | Gavialidae |
Genus: | Gavialis |
Species: | G. gangeticus |
Binomial name | |
Gavialis gangeticus (Gmelin, 1789) | |
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The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), an aa kent as the gavial, an the fish-eatin crocodile, is a crocodilian o the faimily Gavialidae, native tae the northren pairt o the Indian Subcontinent.[2]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Choudhury, B. C.; Singh, L. A. K.; Rao, R. J.; Basu, D.; Sharma, R. K.; Hussain, S. A.; Andrews, H. V.; Whitaker, N.; Whitaker, R.; Lenin, J.; et al. (2007). "Gavialis gangeticus". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur.
- ↑ Stevenson, C. and Whitaker, R. (2010). Gharial Gavialis gangeticus pp. 139–143 in: Manolis, S. C. and C. Stevenson. (eds.) Crocodiles. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. Third Edition. Crocodile Specialist Group, Darwin.