πChinese alligator
De Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) is een krokodilachtige uit de familie alligators en kaaimannen (Alligatoridae) en de onderfamilie alligators (Alligatorinae).
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 15 kg
- Body length
- 2.46 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 65 years
Everything we know about the Chinese alligator
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass15 kgrecord 84 kg Β· ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails βHide β
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Record: largest individual on record
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Body length2.46 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails βHide β
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Maximum lifespan65 yearsrecord 70 years Β· ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails βHide β
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Record: largest individual on record
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DietCarnivorousReptTraitsDetails βHide β
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Activity cycleDiurnalReptTraitsDetails βHide β
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VenomousNoReptTraitsDetails βHide β
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Volume l15 LaverageDetails βHide β
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Chinese alligator yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊclassCrocodylia
- βΊfamilyAlligatoridae
- βΊgenusAlligator
- βΊspeciesAlligator sinensis
- orderSauria
- familyAlligatoridae
- subfamilyAlligatorinae
- genusAlligator
All 11 branches βFewer branches β
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- familyAlligatoridae
- subfamilyAlligatorinae
- genusAlligator
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