Melanosuchus niger
Description:
The sheer size and the jagged teeth of this Black Caiman skull at Calanoa Lodge, Colombian Amazon, defines the apex predator of the Amazon Basin. The species is rare now, however, due to hunting for the leather of its hide. In context at www.dixpix.ca/Amazon/fauna/riverlife/index.html
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes
- Sarcopterygii (Lobe-finned fishes)
- Tetrapoda (terrestrial vertebrates)
- Amniota (amniotes)
- Reptilia (Reptiles)
- Diapsida (diapsid)
- Archosauromorpha (archosauromorph)
- Archosauria (Archosaurs)
- Crocodylomorpha (Crocodilians)
- Crocodylia (crocodilians)
- Alligatoridae (alligators)
- Melanosuchus
- Melanosuchus niger (Black Caiman)
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