American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) American (top) and Chinese (bottom) alligators
Date 1905
Source The Living Animals of the World
Author C. J. Cornish et al
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chinese%2Bamerican_alligators.png
The American alligator or gator (Alligator mississippiensis) is a large crocodilian reptile endemic to the southeastern United States. It is one of two living species in the genus Alligator within the family Alligatoridae.
The Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) (扬子鳄; 揚子鱷), also known as the Yangtze alligator, is one of two known living species of Alligator, a genus in the family Alligatoridae. This species is endemic to eastern China.
