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What is a cayman alligator?

caiman

caiman (a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly)

class, taxon, species, Family

Scientific Name: "Alligatoridae"
Class: taxon, species, Family, reptile
Parent Class: ▶
animal, eukaryote, reptile, chordate, product, …
vertebrate, property, object, Crocodilia, tetrapod, archosaur, Eumetazoa, Bilateria, deuterostome, diapsid, Neomura, Archosauromorpha, Crurotarsi, Crocodylomorpha, Eureptilia, Alligatoroidea, biological thing, animal or plant, intelligence possessing entity, entity that is capable of deliberate action, organism, object with a geographical location, object with a length or height, individual object, object classified by physical property, visible object, object with a height, object with a mass, natural object, physical object, non-human animal, retail product
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alligator, American Alligator, Black Caiman, Chinese Alligator, Spectacled Caiman, …
Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman, Yacare Caiman, Caimaninae, Purussaurus, Caiman, Broad-snouted caiman, Smooth-fronted Caiman, Paleosuchus, Alligatorinae, Leidyosuchus, Diplocynodon, Ceratosuchus, Wannaganosuchus, Albertochampsa, Hassiacosuchus, Procaimanoidea, Eocaiman, Allognathosuchus, Alligator prenasalis, Arambourgia, Tsoabichi, Dinosuchus, Balanerodus, Carandaisuchus, Menatalligator, Chrysochampsa, Orthogenysuchus, Notocaiman
Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligatoridae
Kingdom: animal
Order: Crocodilia
Phylum: archosaur, chordate
Wordnet Synset ID: "101699040"
Freebase ID: "/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000000055b1"
DBPedia URI: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Alligatoridae
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"lies", "american alligator", "alligator", "alligatorid", "camian", …
"caiman crocodilian", "alligatorinae"
Freebase Primary MID: "/m/0pfk"
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Alligatoridae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chinese Alligator, Alligator sinensis; Alligator mefferdi (extinct) American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis; Subfamily Caimaninae. Genus Necrosuchus (extinct)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligatoridae

What are the differences between alligators, crocodiles and cayman ...

The head of the cayman is more like that of the alligator but is not so broad. Alligators and caymans are greenish-black in general colouration.

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/3036

Alligator and Cayman Information

Links to Alligator and Cayman Information at JungleWalk.com. Animal Audio, Video, Pictures, Posters, T-Shirts, and more ...

http://www.junglewalk.com/info/Alligator-information.htm

Alligator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. There are two living alligator species: the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator

Is a cayman a crocodile or an alligator

Neither...a cayman (caiman) is a cayman. Crocodile: Order: Crocodilia Family: Crocodylidae Alligator: Order: Crocodilia Family: Alligatoridae

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_a_cayman_a_crocodile_or_an_alligator

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