| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | REPTILIA | CROCODYLIA | ALLIGATORIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Alligator sinensis | |||||||||
| Species Authority: | Fauvel, 1879 | |||||||||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Critically Endangered A1c, D ver 2.3 | |||||||||||||||
| Year Assessed: | 1996 | |||||||||||||||
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s | Crocodile Specialist Group | |||||||||||||||
| History: |
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| Range Description: | Distributed in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the southern part of Anhui Province and in some parts of the neighbouring provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu. |
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Native:
China (Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang)
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| Habitat and Ecology: | Found in the Yangtzee River and adjoining swamps, but also has terrestial nest sites, extensive underground burrows and basking areas. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial; Freshwater |
| Citation: | Crocodile Specialist Group 1996. Alligator sinensis. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010. |
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