Gharial
Gavialis gangeticus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Gavialis gangeticus
- Class
- Reptile
- Order
- Crocodylia
- Family
- Gavialidae
- Diet
- Fish eater
- Size
- Huge (over 4 m)
- Active
- Day and night
- Continent
- Asia
- Habitat
- Rivers and lakes
- Conservation status
- Critically endangered
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Adult males have a knob on the snout called a ghara, after a clay pot, and buzz by blowing air through it.
- Its legs are too weak to lift its body, so on land it pushes itself along on its belly.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q17134 · All animals · All entries