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Captive false gharial in Berlin Zoo, Germany
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[2]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Clade:
Archosauromorpha
Clade:
Archosauriformes
Order:
Crocodilia
Family:
Gavialidae
Subfamily:
Tomistominae
Genus:
Tomistoma Müller, 1846
Species:
T. schlegelii
Binomial name
Tomistoma schlegelii
(Müller, 1838)
Range of the false gharial
Synonyms
Pseudogavialis schlegelii
The false gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii), also known by the names Malayan gharial, Sunda gharial and tomistoma, is a freshwater crocodilian of the family Gavialidae native to Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra and Java. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, as the global population is estimated at around 2,500 to 10,000 mature individuals.[2]
The specific name schlegelii honors Hermann Schlegel.[3][4]
^Rio, J.P. & Mannion, P.D. (2021). "Phylogenetic analysis of a new morphological dataset elucidates the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem". PeerJ. 9: e12094. doi:10.7717/peerj.12094. PMC 8428266. PMID 34567843.
^ abcShaney, K.; Shwedick, B.; Simpson, B.K.; Pine, A.; Sideleau, B. & Stevenson, C. (2023). "Tomistoma schlegelii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T21981A214287051. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
^Müller, S. (1838). "Waarnemingen over de Indische Krokodillen en Beschrijving van eene nieuwe Soort". Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie (in Dutch). 5: 61–87.
^Beolens, B.; Watkins, M. & Grayson, M. (2011). "Tomistoma schlegelii". The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
The falsegharial (Tomistoma schlegelii), also known by the names Malayan gharial, Sunda gharial and tomistoma, is a freshwater crocodilian of the family...
The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), also known as gavial or fish-eating crocodile, is a crocodilian in the family Gavialidae and among the longest of all...
snouts used to catch fish, similar to the gharial. Tomistoma contains one extant (living) member, the falsegharial (Tomistoma schlegelii), as well as potentially...
Gavialidae consists of two living species, the gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) and the falsegharial (Tomistoma schlegelii), both occurring in Asia. Many...
the gharial and falsegharial (family Gavialidae) among other extinct taxa. Although they appear similar, crocodiles, alligators and the gharial belong...
includes true crocodiles, the alligators and caimans, and the gharial and falsegharial. A member of this order is called a crocodilian, or colloquially...
Gavialis is a genus of crocodylians that includes the living gharial Gavialis gangeticus and one known extinct species, Gavialis bengawanicus. G. gangeticus...
closely related to the gharial than to the falsegharial. The falsegharial was once thought to be only distantly related to the gharial despite its similar...
Although many extinct species are known, only the gharial Gavialis gangeticus and the falsegharial Tomistoma schlegelii are alive today, with Hanyusuchus...
heaviest recorded gharial was a male measuring 6.25 m (20.5 ft) in total length and weighing 977 kg (2,154 lb). The Falsegharial is also a large crocodilian...
"The current and historic distribution of Tomistoma schlegelii (the FalseGharial)(Müller, 1838)(Crocodylia, Reptilia)". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology...
Crocodylidae), the alligators and caimans (family Alligatoridae), and the gharial and falsegharial (family Gavialidae). Although the term crocodiles (or crocs) is...
(3.5 in) in length. Other crocodilians like the gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) and the falsegharial (Tomistoma schlegelii) have a proportionately longer...
crocodile and gharial reportedly both average around 4 m (13 ft 1 in), so are about 30 cm (12 in) longer on average, and the falsegharial (Tomistoma schlegelii)...
because of its remote range), falsegharial (only a few confirmed fatalities, all involving very large falsegharials) and gharial (a single known fatality...
the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem". PeerJ. 9: e12094. doi:10.7717/peerj.12094. PMC 8428266. PMID 34567843...
and homoplasy: reconciling the shallow molecular divergences of modern gharials with their long fossil". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 285 (1881)...
the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem". PeerJ. 9: e12094. doi:10.7717/peerj.12094. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 8428266...
the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem". PeerJ. 9: e12094. doi:10.7717/peerj.12094. PMC 8428266. PMID 34567843...
orangutans present in the park. The 26 reptile species include the falsegharial and estuarine crocodile. The lakes support a large traditional fishing...
the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem". PeerJ. 9: e12094. doi:10.7717/peerj.12094. PMC 8428266. PMID 34567843...
referral to the family Gavialidae, which also includes the extant gharial and falsegharial. The strata from which remains of Piscogavialis have been found...
Treetops Trail From a boardwalk, visitors can view siamangs and overlook falsegharials in the water. Orangutan Island Orangutans have been a major attraction...
the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem". PeerJ. 9: e12094. doi:10.7717/peerj.12094. PMC 8428266. PMID 34567843...
J.; Bollback, J. P.; Parsons, T. J.; Braun, M. J. (2003). "True and falsegharials: A nuclear gene phylogeny of crocodylia" (PDF). Systematic Biology....
Thoracosaurs in general were traditionally thought to be related to the modern falsegharial, largely because the nasal bones contact the premaxillae, but phylogenetic...
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