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Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman

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iCuvier's Dwarf Caiman
Conservation status

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Alligatoridae
Genus: Paleosuchus
Species: P. palpebrosus
Binomial name
Paleosuchus palpebrosus
(Cuvier, 1807)

The Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus) is a crocodilian reptile from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam and Venezuela.

It is also the smallest species of the alligatoridae family reaching up to 1.5 meters of length.

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