Caiman Size
Size of Caiman
Weight | 6kg - 300kg (13lbs - 660lbs) | ||
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Lifespan | 20 - 40 years | ||
Maximum speed | 25 mph |
The Caiman is a member of the chordata, In taxonomy, its phylum is Chordata, the class is Reptilia, and it belongs to the order Crocodilia.
The Caiman belonged to the family Alligatoridae, mainly distributed in Central-America, South-America. They like to live in rivers, lakes and swampland, and nocturnal is their life style.Their skin type is plate-like scales, and their bodies have multiple colors, mainly brown, grey, black, dull olive. In addition, fish, crustaceans, waterfowl, capybara are also foods that it often preys.Their main predators are jaguars, wild pigs, birds of prey.It is currently estimated that there are Unknown.
The most distinctive feature of Caiman is eyes and nostrils located on top of the head and snout. If we use one sentence to describe the Caiman, it is "Can grow to up 6 meters long!".