Alligator is a genus of crocodilians containing two living species, the American alligator and the Chinese alligator, in the family Alligatoridae. The American alligator, found in the southeastern United States, typically reaches about 4 meters and occasionally exceeds 4.4 meters, while the smaller Chinese alligator of eastern China rarely exceeds 2.1 meters. Alligators are distinguished from crocodiles by their wider, shovel-like, U-shaped snouts and by lower teeth that fit into sockets in the upper jaw, leaving only the upper teeth visible when the mouth is closed.
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An alligator, or colloquially gator, is a large reptile in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae in the order Crocodilia.
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