Chinese Alligator | 台北市立動物園資訊網

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Chinese alligators are an extremely rare species now found only in a small area of protected reserve along the lower Yangtze River in the Anhui province of China. They were once widely distributed in eastern China throughout the entire Yangtze watershed. The species is adapted to inhabit slow-moving rivers, swamps, and wetlands.

These mysterious and little known crocodilians spend much of their time in underground burrows or in water and do most of their hunting at night. They hibernate from early fall until late spring in burrows that they dig into the banks of rivers or wetlands. They feed on mussels, snails, fish, and the occasional duck or rodent.

Alligators are about as ancient as they look. They belong to an order of reptile...