A crocodile is any species belonging to the family
Crocodylidae (sometimes classified instead as the subfamily Crocodylinae). The
term can also be used more loosely to include all extant members of the order
Crocodilia: i.e. the true crocodiles, the alligators and caimans (family
Alligatoridae) and the gharials (family Gavialidae), as well as the
Crocodylomorpha, which include prehistoric crocodile relatives and ancestors.
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