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caiman: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: World Animal Rescue Network - Caiman: Facts, Threats and Conservation. Oct 17, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Revisiting the Karyotypes of Alligators and Caimans (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae) after a Half-Century Delay: Bridging the Gap in the Chromosomal Evolution of Reptiles. Aug 14, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Informaion - PubMed Central - Analyzing the life history of caimans: the growth dynamics of caiman latirostris from an osteohistological approach. Feb 09, 2026
Add new Web site: BMC - Animal Biotelemetry - Habitat use and movement patterns of broad-snouted caimans (Caiman latirostris) in an impacted Atlantic forest environment in Brazil. Apr 12, 2025
Add new Web site: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Common Caiman. Jul 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Caiman crocodilus. Jan 25, 2024
Add new Web site: Seaworld Parks and Entertainemnt - Caimans. Nov 27, 2023
Add new Web site: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Caimans. Aug 23, 2023
Add new Web site: Amazon Aid Foundation - Caiman. Jul 12, 2023
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Caiman. Jan 10, 2023
Added images of yacaré caiman. Jun 27, 2019
Add new Web site: Animal Planet - Caiman. Dec 18, 2013
Added photograph. May 28, 2013
Alternate name of the crocodilian order, Crocodilia, added. Dec 28, 2011
Added photograph. Jan 14, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Caiman. May 29, 2008
Article revised and updated. Dec 04, 2007
Added new Web site: AnimalCorner - Caimans. Jun 26, 2007
Article revised. Feb 16, 2001
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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