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caiman: see alligator American alligator, Alligator mississipiensis, is found in swamps and sluggish streams from North Carolina to Florida and along the Gulf Coast. When young, it is dark brown or black with yellow transverse bands. The bands fade as the animal grows, and the adult is black. ..... Click the link for more information. . caimanAny member of several species of Central and South American reptiles of the alligator family. Like the rest of the crocodile order, caimans are amphibious, lizardlike carnivores. They live along the edges of rivers and other bodies of water, and reproduce by laying hard-shelled eggs in nests built and guarded by the female. The largest species is the black caiman (Melanosuchus niger), a potentially dangerous animal with a maximum length of about 15 ft (4.5 m). Average lengths for the other species (genera Caiman and Paleosuchus) are 4–7 ft (1.2–2.1 m). cayman, caiman any tropical American crocodilian of the genus Caiman and related genera, similar to alligators but with a more heavily armoured belly: family Alligatoridae (alligators, etc.) caiman [′kā·mən] (vertebrate zoology) Any of five species of reptiles of the genusCaimanin the family Alligatoridae, differing from alligators principally in having ventral armor and a sharper snout. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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They argue that many large ranchers have preserved parts of their properties, providing habitats for threatened species, including large predators such as pumas, jaguars and caimans, a kind of tropical crocodile. Caiman is a sheltered only-child whose overprotective 'rents read him self-help books at bedtime. Alligator-like caimans doze while capybaras, the world's largest rodent species, munch on grasses along the riverbank. |
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