Crocodylus
See also: crocodylus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Latin crŏcŏdīlus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).
Proper noun edit
Crocodylus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Crocodylidae – most of the well-known species of crocodiles and their close relatives, extant and extinct.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptiliomorpha, Amniota - clades; Reptilia - class; Eureptilia, Romeriida - clades; Diapsida - subclass; Archosauromorpha - infraclass; Archosauria - division; Crurotarsi - subdivision; Crocodylomorpha - superorder; Crocodilia - order; Eusuchia - suborder; Crocodylidae - family; Crocodylinae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Crocodylus niloticus (Nile crocodile) - type species; Crocodylus acutus (American crocodile), Crocodylus cataphractus (slender-snouted crocodile), Crocodylus intermedius (Orinoco crocodile), Crocodylus johnsoni (Johnstone river crocodile), Crocodylus mindorensis (Philippine crocodile), Crocodylus moreletii (Morelet's crocodile), Crocodylus novaeguineae (New Guinea crocodile), Crocodylus palustris (marsh crocodile), Crocodylus porosus (Australian saltwater crocodile), Crocodylus raninus (a crocodile of Borneo), Crocodylus rhombifer (Cuban crocodile), Crocodylus siamensis (Siamese crocodile), Crocodylus suchus (West African crocodile) - extant species
- †Crocodylus anthropophagus, †Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni, †Crocodylus palaeindicus, †Crocodylus checchiai, †Crocodylus falconensis - extinct species
References edit
Crocodylus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Crocodylus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Crocodylus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Crocodylus at World Register of Marine Species
- Crocodylus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Crocodylus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Crocodylus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Crocodylus at Paleobiology Database
