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Gavialidae
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Gharials in captivity in Pierrelatte, France

Gharials in captivity in Pierrelatte, France
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Sauropsida
Order:Crocodilia
Family:Gavialidae
Genera


Gavialis
Tomistoma
Gavialidae is a family of reptiles within the order Crocodilia. Gavialidae consists of only two surviving species, the Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) and the False Gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii), which are each the sole living representatives of the two Gavialidae genera.
Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

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Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Sauropsida*
Goodrich, 1916

Subclasses
  • Anapsida
  • Diapsida
Synonyms
  • Reptilia Laurenti, 1768
Reptiles are tetrapods and amniotes, animals whose embryos are surrounded by an amniotic membrane, and members of the class
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Crocodilia
Owen, 1842

black: range of Crocodilia


Families
  • Gavialidae
  • Alligatoridae
  • Crocodylidae


Crocodilia
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Gavialis

Species: G. gangeticus

Binomial name
Gavialis gangeticus
(Gmelin, 1789)

The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus
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Tomistoma
Müller, 1846

Species: T. schlegelii

Binomial name
Tomistoma schlegelii
(Müller, 1838)


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Sauropsida*
Goodrich, 1916

Subclasses
  • Anapsida
  • Diapsida
Synonyms
  • Reptilia Laurenti, 1768
Reptiles are tetrapods and amniotes, animals whose embryos are surrounded by an amniotic membrane, and members of the class
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Crocodilia
Owen, 1842

black: range of Crocodilia


Families
  • Gavialidae
  • Alligatoridae
  • Crocodylidae


Crocodilia
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Gavialis

Species: G. gangeticus

Binomial name
Gavialis gangeticus
(Gmelin, 1789)

The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus
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Tomistoma
Müller, 1846

Species: T. schlegelii

Binomial name
Tomistoma schlegelii
(Müller, 1838)


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