Alligator sinensis

Alligator sinensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eusuchia

Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Reptilia Subclassis: Diapsida Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Divisio: Archosauria Subdivisio: Crurotarsi Superordo: Crocodylomorpha Ordo: Crocodilia Subordo: Eusuchia

Familia: Alligatoridae
Subfamilia: Alligatorinae
Genus: Alligator
Species: Alligator sinensis

Name

Alligator sinensis Fauvel, 1879

Type locality: "Chinkiang" [=Zhenjiang], Kiangsu Province, People's Republic of China; reported as "Wuhu, Anhwei" Province, by Pope 1935, Nat. Hist. Cent. Asia, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 10:65

Holotype: MNHN 6494

Synonyms

• Alligator sinensis Fauvel, 1879
• Caigator sinensis — Deraniyagala, 1947
• Alligator sinensis — Wermuth & Fuchs, 1979
• Alligator sinensis — Wu et al., 2001

References

• Fauvel, A. A. 1879. "Alligators in China: Their History, Description and Identification." J. North-China Branch Royal Asiatic Society (Shanghai) , N.S. 13: 1-36
• Alligator sinensis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 August 2009.

• IUCN link: Alligator sinensis Fauvel, 1879 (Critically Endangered)
• Alligator sinensis Fauvel, 1879 Report on ITIS

Vernacular names

Deutsch: China-Alligator
English: Chinese alligator
Español: Aligator de China
Français: Alligator de Chine
日本語: ヨウスコウアリゲーター, ヨウスコウワニ
Polski: Aligator chiński
Português: Aligator-chinês, Jacaré-chinês
中文: 扬子鳄, 鼍

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