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BookmarkAlligators and caimans are reptiles closely related to the crocodiles and forming the family Alligatoridae.
In Central and South America alligators are represented by five species of the genus Caiman..
For more information about the topic Alligatoridae, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
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