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Taxonomic Details for Alligator mississippiensis
| Systematic Resumé: |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Subkingdom | Bilateria |
| Infrakingdom | Deuterostomia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass | Tetrapoda |
| Class | Reptilia |
| Order | Crocodilia |
| Family | Alligatoridae |
| Genus | Alligator |
| Species | Alligator mississippiensis |
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| Common Name: |
American Alligator, Aligator americano, alligator, gator, Florida alligator, Mississippi alligator, Louisiana alligator |
| Authority: |
(Daudin, 1802) |
| Comments: |
taxonomic information added from ITIS record |
| ITIS TSN: |
551771 (click on the taxonomic serial number to view the ITIS web page) |
| Habitats: |
Habitat Type: Marsh, Salinity Zone: Brackish water, Salinity Zone: Fresh water |
| GCE Contact: |
Steven C. Pennings, University of Houston, Houston, Texas |
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| GCE Data Sets: |
GIS-GCET-1706 (American alligator GPS tracking study from May 2008 to September 2010 on Sapelo Island, Georgia) |
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