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Chinese alligator

The Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis; simplified Chinese: 鼍; traditional Chinese: 鼉; pinyin: tuó), also known as the Yangtze alligator (simplified Chinese: 扬子鳄; traditional Chinese: 揚子鱷; pinyin: yángzǐ'è), China alligator, or historically the muddy dragon, is a crocodilian endemic to China. It and the American alligator (A. mississippiensis) are the…

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Chinese alligator

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Edges123
Triples248
Avg. degree1.98
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Chinese alligator

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related to Book sources · 64
Chinese alligator → Albert-Auguste, Alligators, Behavior, Biology, Brian, Cambridge University Press, Celestial Empire, China, Chris, Columbia University Press, Conflicting Issues, Conservation, Conservation Action Plan, Courtney, Crocodiles, Crocodylians, CSIRO Publishing, Culture, Data Book, Description
related to history · 22
Chinese alligator → BCE, Buddhist, China, Chinese, Classic, He, In, Japan, Karazan, Marco Polo, Martini, Martino Martini, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Poetry, Robert Swinhoe, Shandong, Shanghai, Taiwan Strait, The
related to Life cycle · 22
Chinese alligator → After, August, Because, Chinese, Conservation, Constructed, During, Females, Generally, Individuals, International Union, IUCN, July, June, Nature, Nests, On, September, The, They
related to Classification · 21
Chinese alligator → Albert-Auguste Fauvel, Alligator, Alligators, American, At, Caigator, CE, China, Chinese, Description, Fauvel, French, However, Identification, In, Paulus Edward Pieris Deraniyagala, The, The Chinese, Their History, There
related to Population and range trend · 21
Chinese alligator → Alligators, Anhui, BC, By, Chang Jiang, China, Chinese, In, Japan, Japan's, Jiangsu, Lake Tai, Mya, Pengze, Plio-Pleistocene, Pliocene, Tai Hu, The, This, Yangtze
related to Description · 12
Chinese alligator → American, China, Chinese, Females, Four, It, Its, One, Reports, The, The Chinese, Unlike
related to Vocalization · 12
Chinese alligator → All, Alligators, Although, Bellowing, Both, CST, Lasting, SPL, The, The Chinese, To, When
related to Chinese dragon association · 11
Chinese alligator → According, Alligator, Chinese, It, John Thorbjarnarson, Some, The, The Chinese, The New York Times, This, Xiaoming Wang
related to Status and conservation · 11
Chinese alligator → Anhui National Nature Reserve, ANNRCA, Chinese, CITES Appendix, Class, Fish, Following, In, It, IUCN Red List, Wildlife Service
related to Distribution and population · 10
Chinese alligator → Alligatoridae, Anhui, By, Chinese, Eastern Hemisphere, Historically, It, IUCN, The, Yangtze

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alligator chinese alligators species china population american wild range mating habitat dragon eggs young multiple also yangtze anhui first endangered

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Chinese alligatoris aopportunistic feeder0.90text
Chinese alligatoris avocal species0.90text
Chinese alligatoris askeleton fragment found in western Japan0.90text
head slappinginstance ofit produces sounds0.80text
hissinginstance ofit produces sounds0.80text
and whininginstance ofit produces sounds0.80text
which have a low sound pressure levelinstance ofit produces sounds0.80text
Chinese alligatorrelated to Book sourcesThorbjarnarson0.60section
Chinese alligatorrelated to Book sourcesJohn0.60section
Chinese alligatorrelated to Book sourcesWang0.60section
Chinese alligatorrelated to Book sourcesXiaoming0.60section
Chinese alligatorrelated to Book sourcesMay0.60section

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