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{{Taxonomy
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|kingdom=Animalia
|subkingdom=Bilateria
|branch=Deuterostomia
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|superclass=Tetrapoda
|class=Reptilia
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|order=Crocodilia
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|family=Alligatoridae
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|genus=Alligator
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|species=A. mississippiensis<br/>A. sinensis
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'''Alligator''' refers to two species of crocodilian of the family Alligatoridae, and native to southeastern North America and eastern China.
==Species==
*[[American alligator]], ''Alligator mississippiensis''; southern United States, from southern Missouri eastward to Atlantic coastline, southward to Gulf of Mexico from south-central Texas to Florida Keys<ref>http://maps.iucnredlist.org/map.html?id=46583</ref>.
*[[Chinese alligator]], ''Alligator sinensis''; China: lower Yangtze River within the provinces of Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangsu<ref>http://maps.iucnredlist.org/map.html?id=867</ref>.
==References==
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{{Reptilia}}
{{Reptilia}}
[[Category:Reptiles]]
[[Category:Reptiles]]