Caimaninae

Taxobox
name = Caimaninae


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Crocodilia
familia = Alligatoridae
subfamilia = Caimaninae
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Caimaninae are one of two subfamilies of the family Alligatoridae.

The list of species:
* Subfamily Caimaninae
** Genus "Necrosuchus" (extinct)
** Genus "Eocaiman" (extinct)
** Genus "Paleosuchus"
*** Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman, "Paleosuchus palpebrosus"
*** Smooth-fronted Caiman, "Paleosuchus trigonatus"
** Genus "Purussaurus" (extinct)
** Genus "Mourasuchus" (extinct)
** Genus "Orthogenysuchus" (extinct)
** Genus "Caiman"
*** Yacare Caiman, "Caiman yacare"
*** Spectacled Caiman, "Caiman crocodilus "
**** "Rio Apaporis Caiman", "C. c. apaporiensis "
**** "Brown Caiman", "C. c. fuscus"
*** "Caiman lutescans" (extinct)
*** "Caiman sorontans"Fact|date=July 2008 (extinct) - Not reported in the literature, probably a 'nomen nudum'
*** Broad-snouted Caiman, "Caiman latirostris "
** Genus "Melanosuchus"
*** "Melanosuchus fisheri" (extinct)
*** Black Caiman, "Melanosuchus niger"