Crocodylus

See also: crocodylus

Translingual

Crocodylus niloticus

Etymology

From Latin crŏcŏdīlus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).

Proper noun

Crocodylus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Crocodylidae – most of the well-known species of crocodiles and their close relatives, extant and extinct.

Hypernyms

• (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

• (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

• 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 National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Crocodylus at Paleobiology Database