Mugger vs Gharial - What's the difference?
mugger | gharial |
A large crocodile Crocodilus palustris of southwest Asia, having a very broad wrinkled snout.
A gavial.
* 1992 , John B. Thorbjarnarson, Harry Messel, F. Wayne King, James Perran Ross (editors), Crocodiles: An Action Plan for Their Conservation ,
* 1993 , Arjan Singh, The Legend of the Maneater ,
* 1996 , M. V. Subba Rao, Nesting Behaviour of the Indian Crocodiles, Gavialis gangeticus, Crocodylus plaustris and Crocodylus porosus (Reptilia: Crocodylidae)'', Geethabali R. Ramamurthi, ''Readings in Behaviour ,
* 2010 , Steve Parker, Crocodiles ,
* 2013 , Eric Dinerstein, Discovering Big Cat Country: On the trail of tigers and snow leopards ,
As nouns the difference between mugger and gharial
is that mugger is a street robber or mugger can be a large crocodile crocodilus palustris of southwest asia, having a very broad wrinkled snout while gharial is a gavial.mugger
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Etymology 1
Etymology 2
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(en noun)gharial
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Alternative forms
* gavialNoun
(en-noun)page 112,
- Placed in a family by itself, the Gavialidae, the gharial has long been separated from the rest of the crocodilian stock, with the possible exception of Tomistoma (Densmore 1983).
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- We crossed the Rapti at Bijlipur, three miles from Balrampur, over a pontoon bridge, from where we would often see marsh crocodile and gharial lying on the sandbanks with their mouths open, absorbing the solar heat.
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- Gharials , Gavialis gangeticus are the inhabitants of deep, fast flowing rivers.
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- The gharial' breathes air into its '''lungs''', like caimans, alligators, and crocodiles. It can hold its breath and stay underwater for a long time—more than half an hour. ' Gharials can also hunt underwater. They even eat their food there.
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- One of the goals of our river expedition was to locate gharial'. ' Gharial help crocodilians lay claim to being the ugliest reptiles, and perhaps the most ancient.
