Below is a table with the 10 largest (largest) crocodiles in the world, which includes such information about them: name; body length and weight (males and females); short description.
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combed | 4,5 – 7 | 2,5 – 3,5 | to 1000 | to 200 | The largest crocodile in the world. |
Nile | 3,5 – 5,5 | 2,4 – 3,8 | 300 – 700 | to 250 | The largest crocodile in Africa. |
sharp-nosed | 3 – 5 | 2,5 – 3 | 400 – 500 | to 170 | The most common species found in South and North America. |
Orinoksky | to 5 | to 3,6 | to 400 | to 200 | The largest crocodile found in South America. |
3,5 – 4 | 1,8 – 2,4 | 200 – 300 | to 100 | The largest species of the alligator family and the largest predator of the Amazon basin. | |
4 – 5,5 | 3 – 3,5 | 160 – 250 | to 120 | The only modern species in the genus Gharial. The habitat is the Indo-Gangetic plain and the northern part of the Hindustan peninsula. | |
3 – 4,5 | 2,5 – 3 | to 230 | to 90 | Endemic to the southeastern United States. | |
Siamese | 3 – 4 | 2 – 2,5 | 150 – 300 | to 100 | It lives in some countries of Southeast Asia, is listed in the Red Book. |
3 – 3,5 | 2 – 2,5 | 100 – 200 | 40 – 60 | It lives on the territory of Hindustan and adjacent countries. | |
New Guinean | to 3,5 | 2,5 – 2,7 | to 250 | to 100 | As the name suggests, it is found in New Guinea. |