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CHARACTERISTICS	ALLIGATORS	CAIMANS	GAVIALS
FAMILY	Alligatoridae	Alligatoridae with 3 genera	Gavialidae
DISTRIBUTION(all through the tropics in Africa, asia, America and Australia)	only 2 species exist.. American alligator and chinese	Central and Southern Mexico to Ecuador and East of Andes into Uruguay, Paraguay and Northern Argentina	India, pakistan, bangladesh, bhutan
BODY	Black or olive brown in color, shaped snout	Small to Large, have a dorsal flaring dorsal horn on hyoid plate, a large nasal foramen, and an angular with a blunt anterior tip not extending to post intermandibular foramen Snout is U shaped	Snout is V shaped which varies with the age.Body is olive colored.
FOOD(All are carnivorous)	Eat hard shelled creatures	feed on amphibians, insects, snails and larger vertebrates	Designed to eat more fish
SOUND	most noisiest	inhales air into lungs and make deep roar sounds	adult males develop bulbous growth at the tip of the snout and make sounds
PARENTAL CARE	lay eggs and female take care of it	Build nest mounts in which eggs are deposited. Have parental care	build nests on moist sand

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