πPhilippine crocodile
The Philippine crocodile, also known as the Mindoro crocodile, the Philippine freshwater crocodile, the bukarot in Ilocano, and more generally as a buwaya in most Filipino lowland cultures, is endemic to the Philippines. It has been listed as critically endangered since 2008 due to exploitation and unsustainable fishing methods, such as dynamite fishing. Conservation methods are being taken by the Dutch/Filipino Mabuwaya foundation, the Crocodile Conservation Society and the Zoological Institute of HerpaWorld in Mindoro island. It is strictly prohibited to kill a crocodile in the country, and it is punishable by law.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 105 kg
- Body length
- 1.5 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 80 years
Everything we know about the Philippine crocodile
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass105 kgmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails βHide β
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Body length1.5 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails βHide β
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Maximum lifespan80 yearsmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails βHide β
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DietCarnivorousReptTraitsDetails βHide β
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Activity cycleDiurnalReptTraitsDetails βHide β
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Foraging modeACTReptTraitsDetails βHide β
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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 Philippine crocodile yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊclassCrocodylia
- βΊfamilyCrocodylidae
- βΊgenusCrocodylus
- βΊspeciesCrocodylus mindorensis
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- familyCrocodylidae
- genusCrocodylus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- familyCrocodylidae
- genusCrocodylus
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