Crocodile
Scientific classification
[ e ]Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Superorder:Crocodylomorpha
Order:Crocodylia
Superfamily:Crocodyloidea
Family:Crocodylidae
Cuvier, 1807
Subfamilies-
Crocodylinae
†Mekosuchinae
Osteolaeminae
A crocodile is any species belonging to the family Crocodylidae (sometimes classified instead as the subfamily Crocodylinae). The term can also be used more loosely to include all extant members of the order Crocodilia: i.e. the true crocodiles, the alligators and caimans (familyAlligatoridae) and the gharials (family Gavialidae), as well as the Crocodylomorpha which includes prehistoric crocodile relatives and ancestors.
Member species of the family Crocodylidae are large aquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. Crocodiles tend to congregate in freshwater habitats like rivers, lakes, wetlands and sometimes in brackish water. They feed mostly onvertebrates like fish, reptiles, and mammals, sometimes on invertebrates like molluscs and crustaceans, depending on species. They first appeared during the Eocene epoch, about 55 million years ago.[1]
[ e ]Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Superorder:Crocodylomorpha
Order:Crocodylia
Superfamily:Crocodyloidea
Family:Crocodylidae
Cuvier, 1807
Subfamilies-
Crocodylinae
†Mekosuchinae
Osteolaeminae
A crocodile is any species belonging to the family Crocodylidae (sometimes classified instead as the subfamily Crocodylinae). The term can also be used more loosely to include all extant members of the order Crocodilia: i.e. the true crocodiles, the alligators and caimans (familyAlligatoridae) and the gharials (family Gavialidae), as well as the Crocodylomorpha which includes prehistoric crocodile relatives and ancestors.
Member species of the family Crocodylidae are large aquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. Crocodiles tend to congregate in freshwater habitats like rivers, lakes, wetlands and sometimes in brackish water. They feed mostly onvertebrates like fish, reptiles, and mammals, sometimes on invertebrates like molluscs and crustaceans, depending on species. They first appeared during the Eocene epoch, about 55 million years ago.[1]