Yacare Caiman

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name = Yacare caiman
status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Crocodilia
familia = Alligatoridae
genus = "Caiman"
species = "C. yacare"
binomial = "Caiman yacare"
binomial_authority = Daudin, 1802
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The Yacare Caiman ("Caiman yacare", Jacaré in Portuguese) is a species of caiman found in central South America, including northern Argentina, eastern Bolivia, south-west Brazil (especially in the Pantanal marshland), and the rivers of Paraguay. They grow to about 2 to 3 meters and have a diet of fish, molluscs, mammals (capybara), and crustaceans.

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External links

* [http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/brittoncrocs/csp_cyac.htm Caiman Yacare at the U. of Florida]