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Gavialis gangeticus
- Common Name: Indian Gharial
- Distridution: Indian Subcontinent
- Size: 5 - 6m
- Diet: Juveniles eat a variety of aquatic invertebrate, including frogs. Adults
are perfectly adapted for catch fish
- Habitat: Rivers.
Adapted to the slow moving areas of large deep rivers.
- Fossil Record:
Gharials are known from the Eocene,
however the modern genus Gavialis first appeared in the
Miocene.
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