Alligator mississippiensis

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Eusuchia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Subsectio: Pseudosuchia Cladus: Suchia Cladus: Paracrocodylomorpha Cladus: Loricata Superordo: Crocodylomorpha Ordo: Crocodilia Cladus: Mesoeucrocodylia Cladus: Neosuchia Subordo: Eusuchia

Familia: Alligatoridae
Subfamilia: Alligatorinae
Genus: Alligator
Species: Alligator mississippiensis

Name[edit]

Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin, 1801)

Holotype: MNHN, according to Guibé (personal reply in Hemming, 1956)
Type locality: "les bords du Mississipi," U.S.A

Synonymy[edit]

Crocodilus mississipiensis Daudin, 1802
Crocodilus lucius Cuvier, 1807
Crocodilus cuvieri Leach, 1815
Alligator lucius — Duméril & Bibron, 1836
Alligator mississippiensis — Holbrook, 1842
Alligator mississipiensis (Daudin, 1801)
Alligator lucius — Clarke, 1888
Alligator mississippiensis — Conant & Collins, 1991

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Daudin, F.M. 1801. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Second. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 432 pp. + pls. XVI–XXVIII. BHL Reference page.

Links[edit]

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Alligator mississippiensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 October 2021.
IUCN: Alligator mississippiensis (Least Concern)
Alligator mississippiensis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names[edit]

български: Американски алигатор
čeština: Aligátor severoamerický
Deutsch: Mississippi-Alligator
English: American Alligator
español: Caimán americano
suomi: Mississippinalligaattori
français: alligator d'Amérique
galego: aligátor do Mississippi
עברית: אליגטור אמריקני
hrvatski: Američki aligator
magyar: Mississippi aligátor, csukaorrú aligátor
íslenska: Flatmunni
italiano: Alligatore del Mississippi
日本語: アメリカアリゲーター
Nederlands: Amerikaanse alligator
norsk: Amerikansk alligator
polski: Aligator missisipski, aligator amerykański
português: Jacaré-americano, Aligator-americano
русский: Миссисипский аллигатор
svenska: Mississippialligator
Türkçe: Amerika aligatoru
中文: 美国短吻鳄、密河鳄

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