Alligator

Alligators; Temporal range: Paleocene-Holocene, 37–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	An American alligator (tap) an a Cheenese alligator (bottom)
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	Crocodylia
Faimily:	Alligatoridae
Subfaimily:	Alligatorinae
Genus:	Alligator; Daudin, 1809
Teep species
	Alligator mississipiensis; Daudin, 1802 (originally Crocodylus)
Species
	†Alligator mcgrewi; †Alligator mefferdi; Alligator mississippiensis; †Alligator olseni; †Alligator prenasalis; Alligator sinensis;

An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator o the faimily Alligatoridae. The twa livin species are the American alligator (A. mississippiensis) an the Chinee alligator (A. sinensis).