Alligator
From Conservapedia
| Alligator | |
|---|---|
| |
| American alligator Alligator mississippiensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom Information | |
| Domain | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Subkingdom | Bilateria |
| Branch | Deuterostomia |
| Phylum Information | |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Sub-phylum | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |
| Class Information | |
| Superclass | Tetrapoda |
| Class | Reptilia |
| Order Information | |
| Order | Crocodilia |
| Family Information | |
| Family | Alligatoridae |
| Genus Information | |
| Genus | Alligator |
| Species Information | |
| Species | A. mississippiensis A. sinensis |
| Population statistics | |
Alligator refers to two species of crocodilian of the family Alligatoridae, and native to southeastern North America and eastern China.
Species
- American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis; southern United States, from southern Missouri eastward to Atlantic coastline, southward to Gulf of Mexico from south-central Texas to Florida Keys.[1]
- Chinese alligator, Alligator sinensis; China: lower Yangtze River within the provinces of Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangsu.[2]
References
| |||||
