American crocodile

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q207836
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American crocodile

Summary

American crocodile is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.25% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,244 views/month, #482 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • American crocodile's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • American crocodile is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • American crocodile's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable[5].
  • American crocodile is classified within Crocodylus[6].
  • American crocodile's scientific name is Crocodylus acutus[7].
  • American crocodile's Commons category is recorded as Crocodylus acutus[8].
  • American crocodile's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Crocodylus acutus[9].
  • American crocodile's Commons gallery is recorded as Crocodylus acutus[10].
  • American crocodile's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. acutus'}[11].
  • American crocodile is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'American crocodile'}[12].
  • American crocodile is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Caiman, Caiman de costa, Caiman aguja'}[13].
  • American crocodile is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Cocodrilo de Río'}[14].
  • American crocodile is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Lagarto Amarillo'}[15].
  • American crocodile is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Lagarto Real'}[16].
  • American crocodile is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Crocodile Americain'}[17].
  • American crocodile is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'American Crocodile'}[18].
  • American crocodile is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'crocodilu americanu'}[19].
  • American crocodile is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'šilonosi krokodil'}[20].
  • American crocodile's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[21].
  • American crocodile's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix I of CITES[22].
  • American crocodile's diel cycle is recorded as nocturnal[23].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, American crocodile is Crocodylus acutus[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Crocodylus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[12], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Caiman, Caiman de costa, Caiman aguja'}[13], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Cocodrilo de Río'}[14], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Lagarto Amarillo'}[15], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Lagarto Real'}[16], and {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Crocodile Americain'}[17].

Identifiers

American crocodile's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 26085[24]. American crocodile's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 48399[25]. American crocodile's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559655[26]. American crocodile's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441329[27]. American crocodile's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174361[28].

Why It Matters

American crocodile ranks in the top 0.25% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,244 views/month, #482 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [25] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [28] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [26] . wikidata.org.
  10. [27] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] . Out of the dark: 350 million years of conservatism and evolution in diel activity patterns in vertebrates. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Crocodylus
    Taxon rank species
    Instance of taxon
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Invasion Biology
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