Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Crocodylomorpha
()
- Hay, 1930 (Walker, 1968)
- Infraclass:
Archosauromorpha
()
- Order:
Crocodylia
()
- Gmelin, 1789
- Suborder:
Eusuchia
()
- Family:
Crocodylidae
()
- Genus:
Crocodylus
()
- Specific name:
americanus
- Scientific name: - Crocodylus americanus
- Specific name:
americanus
- Genus:
Crocodylus
(
- Family:
Crocodylidae
(
- Suborder:
Eusuchia
(
- Order:
Crocodylia
(
- Infraclass:
Archosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Crocodylomorpha
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Crocodylus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 41 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. acer · C. acutus (Central American Alligator) · C. acutus acutus (Central American Alligator) · C. affinis · C. americanus · C. biporcatus · C. cataphractus (African Slender-Snouted Crocodile) · C. intermedius (Orinoco Crocodile) · C. johnsoni (Australian Freshwater Crocodile) · C. johnstoni · C. lloidi · C. lloydi · C. mindorensis (Philippine Freshwater Crocodile) · C. moreleti · C. moreletii (Central American Crocodile) · C. natans · C. nilocticus · C. niloticus (African Crocodile) · C. niloticus africanus (Nile Crocodile) · C. niloticus chamses (Nile Crocodile) · C. niloticus corviei · C. niloticus cowiei · C. niloticus madagascariensi · C. niloticus madagascariensis · C. niloticus niloticus (African Crocodile) · C. niloticus pauciscutatus · C. niloticus suchus · C. novaeguineae (New Guinea Freshwater Crocodile) · C. novaeguineae novaeguineae (New Guinea Freshwater Crocodile) · C. novaguineae · C. palaeindicus · C. palustris (Broad-Snouted Crocodile) · C. palustris kimbula · C. palustris palustris (Broad-Snouted Crocodile) · C. pigotti · C. porosus (Australian Saltwater Crocodile) · C. porosus porosus (Australian Saltwater Crocodile) · C. raninus · C. rhombifer (Cuban Crocodile) · C. siamensis (Siamese Freshwater Crocodile) · C. suchus
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 17, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
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Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 11056395
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14757854
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2035880
Curator for this page: Marco de Andrade. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899
