An alligator, or colloquially gator, is a large reptile in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae in the order Crocodilia. The two extant species are the American alligator and the Chinese al
Alligatoridae
…The family Alligatoridae of crocodilians includes alligators, caimans and their extinct relatives. The superfamily Alligatoroidea includes all crocodilians (fossil and extant) that are more closely related to the…
An 1854 watercolor painting of an alligator from the Cayman Islands by Jacques Burkhardt.