Gavialidae (Noun)
Meaning
Gavials.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Gavialidae is a family of reptiles that includes the gharial and the false gharial, both large crocodilians found in India and Southeast Asia.
- The Gavialidae family has only two living species of gharials, with several extinct species also recorded in the family.
- Wildlife sanctuaries in India are working to protect the dwindling populations of Gavialidae like the gharial.
- Several species of extinct gharials have been classified under Gavialidae.
- Gavialidae are mostly large and fish-eating, adapted to the fresh water of the Ganges-Brahmaputra river system in the Indian subcontinent.