Gavialis gangeticus | 台北市立動物園資訊網

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Gavialis gangeticus is found in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. It historically inhabits four river systems: the Indus (Pakistan), the Ganges (India and Nepal), the Mahanadi (India) and the Brahmaputra (Bangladesh, India, and Bhutan); it also may have occurred in the Ayeyarwaddy River in Burma (Myanmar). It has become extinct in many areas where it formerly occurred. (Britton, 2006[1]; Brochu, 2003[2]; Choudhury, et al., 2007[3]; Das, 2002[4]; Net Industries, 2008[5]; Ross, 1998[6]; Vitt and Caldwell, 2009[7]; Wildscreen, 2008[8])

Indian gharials live in clear freshwater rivers with fast flowing currents. They congregate at river bends and other sections of rivers where the water is deep and the current is reduced. Because Indian gharials are not well adapted for movement on land, they usually leave th...