🐊Black caiman
黑凱門鱷（學名Melanosuchus niger），又名黑鱷、亚马孙鼍，為短吻鱷科黑鱷屬中的唯一物種（並非凱門鱷屬），是短吻鱷科中體型最大（5.5公尺長）且唯一可以致人於死地的兇猛鱷魚。牠的頭部長而寬，沿著背部有一條隆起的脊骨，顏色會隨年紀變大而變深。黑凱門鱷現正瀕臨絕種。 其种加词“niger”意为“黑色的”。 黑凱門鱷主要分佈於南美洲北部，棲居在各式各樣的濕地，包括河流、湖泊、沼澤及氾濫平原等。繁殖時雌性黑凱門鱷每次產12隻蛋。 黑凱門鱷的极限体长可达5.5公尺、体重能达到700公斤以上，是南美洲最强大的食肉动物之一，為頂級掠食者在亚马逊河流域称王称霸。未成年的黑凯门鳄有时会遭到森蚺的捕杀，除了美洲豹及人类，成年的黑凯门鳄没有任何天敌。
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 82 kg
- Body length
- 6 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 40 years
Everything we know about the Black caiman
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass82 kgrecord 883 kg · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Body length6 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan40 yearsrecord 40 years · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
DietCarnivorousReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Foraging modeACTReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l82 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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 Black caiman yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classCrocodylia
- ›familyAlligatoridae
- ›genusMelanosuchus
- ›speciesMelanosuchus niger
- orderSauria
- familyAlligatoridae
- subfamilyCaimaninae
- genusMelanosuchus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- familyAlligatoridae
- subfamilyCaimaninae
- genusMelanosuchus
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