Cayman vs Gavial - What's the difference?
cayman | gavial |
* 1862 , The Quiver , Volumes 1-6,
* 1996 , Dale Alan Olsen (editor), Music of the Warao of Venezuela: Song People of the Rain Forest ,
* 2002 , Harry S. Pariser, Explore Puerto Rico ,
The crocodilian ; any species of the family Gavialidae.
* 2002 , Pierre-Henri Gouyon, Jean-Pierre Henry, Jacques Arnould, Tiiu Ojasoo (translator), Gene Avatars: The Neo-Darwinian Theory of Evolution'', [1997, ''Les avatars du gène: La théorie néodarwinienne de l'évolution ],
* 2006 , Lynn Huggins-Cooper, Ravenous Reptiles ,
* 2011 , Joseph T. Springer, Dennis Holley, An Introduction to Zoology: Investigating the Animal World ,
As nouns the difference between cayman and gavial
is that cayman is while gavial is the crocodilian ; any species of the family gavialidae.cayman
English
Noun
(en noun)page 451,
- We were about to follow this advice, when another man, more rash than his comrades, said, 'I'm not afraid of caymans ,' and spurred his horse into the stream.
page 326,
- Surely, when this animal comes, it is to eat us. Thus, we have to sing this hoa. This is how I learned this hoa for caymans'. One sings this so he won't be eaten by the ' caymans .
page 157,
- Laguna Tortuguero' has some 2,000 ''caimanes'' (' caymans ), a type of alligator indigenous to Central and S America.
gavial
English
(Gharial) (Gavialis gangeticus)Alternative forms
* gharialNoun
(en noun)page 28,
- Cuvier had begun studying the fossils of crocodiles found near Caen and Honfleur in France. (They were, in fact, gavials , fine-jawed crocodiles that are nowadays found in India).
page 19,
- Although human remains and jewelry have been found in their stomachs, gavials are not as fierce as many alligators and crocodiles.
page 415,
- Gavials' (or gharials) are found only on the northern Indian subcontinent, where most are ' riverine , being best adapted to calmer areas in deep fast-flowing rivers.
