Alligator sinensis

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Alligator sinensis

[edit] Taxonavigation

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
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

[edit] 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

[edit] Synonyms

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Vernacular names

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