Nile crocodile

Nile crocodile; Temporal range: 2.5–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Early Pleistocene – Recent
	Nile crocodile in Gulu, Uganda
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	Crocodylia
Faimily:	Crocodylidae
Genus:	Crocodylus
Species:	C. niloticus
Binomial name
	Crocodylus niloticus; Laurenti, 1768
	Range cairt frae afore the Wast African crocodile wis conseedered separate
Synonyms
	Crocodylus vulgaris Cuvier, 1802;

The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is an African crocodile an mey be conseedered the seicont lairgest extant reptile in the warld, efter the sautwatter crocodile (Crocodylus porosus).^[2]

References

↑ Isberg, S.; Combrink, X.; Lippai, C. & Balaguera-Reina, S. A. (2019). "Crocodylus niloticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T45433088A3010181. Retrieved 12 October 2019. Cite uses deprecated parameter |last-author-amp= (help)
↑ Wood, Gerald (1983). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 978-0-85112-235-9

[iucn-1] Isberg, S.; Combrink, X.; Lippai, C. & Balaguera-Reina, S. A. (2019). "Crocodylus niloticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T45433088A3010181. Retrieved 12 October 2019. Cite uses deprecated parameter |last-author-amp= (help)

[Wood_1983-2] Wood, Gerald (1983). The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Sterling Pub Co Inc. ISBN 978-0-85112-235-9

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Nile crocodile Temporal range: 2.5–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Early Pleistocene – Recent

Nile crocodile in Gulu, Uganda
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	Crocodylia
Faimily:	Crocodylidae
Genus:	Crocodylus
Species:	C. niloticus
Binomial name
*Crocodylus niloticus* Laurenti, 1768

Range cairt frae afore the Wast African crocodile wis conseedered separate
Synonyms
Crocodylus vulgaris Cuvier, 1802