Crocodylus
See also: crocodylus
Translingual
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Crocodylus niloticus
Etymology
From Latin crŏcŏdīlus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos)
Proper noun
Crocodylus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Crocodylidae – most of the well-known species of crocodiles and their close relatives, extant and extinct.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptiliomorpha, Amniota - clades; Reptilia - class; Eureptilia, Romeriida - clades; Diapsida - subclass; Archosauromorpha - infraclass; Archosauria - division; Crurotarsi - subdivision; Crocodylomorpha - superorder; Crocodilia - order; Eusuchia - suborder; Crocodylidae - family; Crocodylinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Crocodylus niloticus (Nile crocodile) - type species; Crocodylus acutus (American crocodile), Crocodylus cataphractus (slender-snouted crocodile), Crocodylus intermedius (Orinoco crocodile), Crocodylus johnsoni (Johnstone river crocodile), Crocodylus mindorensis (Philippine crocodile), Crocodylus moreletii (Morelet's crocodile), Crocodylus novaeguineae (New Guinea crocodile), Crocodylus palustris (marsh crocodile), Crocodylus porosus (Australian saltwater crocodile), Crocodylus raninus (a crocodile of Borneo), Crocodylus rhombifer (Cuban crocodile), Crocodylus siamensis (Siamese crocodile), Crocodylus suchus (West African crocodile) - extant species
- †Crocodylus anthropophagus, †Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni, †Crocodylus palaeindicus, †Crocodylus checchiai, †Crocodylus falconensis - extinct species
References
Crocodylus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Crocodylus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Crocodylus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons- Crocodylus at World Register of Marine Species
- Crocodylus on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Crocodylus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Crocodylus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Crocodylus at Fossilworks
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