order Crocodilia

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Related to order Crocodilia: order Squamata, Crocodilians

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order Crocodilia - crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials

Crocodilia, Crocodylia, order Crocodylia

animal order - the order of animals

Archosauria, subclass Archosauria - a large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts

crocodilian, crocodilian reptile - extant archosaurian reptile

Crocodylidae, family Crocodylidae - true crocodiles

Alligatoridae, family Alligatoridae - alligators; caimans

family Gavialidae, Gavialidae - gavials

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Complex social signs and behavioral displays are present in all genera of the order Crocodilia.

Patrones de vocalizacion de jovenes y hembras adultas de Caiman yacare (Crocodilia: Alligatoridae) en el Pantanal de Brasil

The black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) belongs to the order Crocodilia and family Alligatoridae.

Aggressive keloid-mimicking tumor in Melanosuchus niger in captivity/Queloide agressivo imitando tumor em Melanosuchus niger em cativeiro