Black Caiman

Melanosuchus niger (Spix 1825)

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Melanosuchus niger (Black Caiman) is a species of crocodilians in the family alligators. They are associated with freshwater habitat. They are found in The Neotropics. Individuals are known to live for 15.3 years.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q217151
Definition: one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Neotropic.svg

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EOL has data for 8 attributes, including:

biogeographic realm
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GAZ_00000071
- Definition: The largest scale biogeographic division of the earth's surface based on the historic and evolutionary distribution patterns of plants and animals.
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The Neotropics
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q217151
- Definition: one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
- Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Neotropic.svg
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conservation status
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#ConservationStatus
- Definition: degree of conservation concern as assessed by a government agency or other recognized authority such as IUCN or CITES
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endangered
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/federalEndangered
- Definition: The organism has federal Endangered status in the United States of America.
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ecoregion
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q295469
- Definition: ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a biogeographic realm
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Guianan Highlands Moist Forests
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Guianan_Highlands_moist_forests
- Attribution: https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/nt0124
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Bolivia
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/3923057
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habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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freshwater habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002037
- Definition: A habitat that is in or on a body of water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids (<0.5 grams dissolved salts per litre).
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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stream
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000023
- Definition: Linear body of water flowing on the Earth's surface.
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harvested in
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/harvested_in
- Definition: This organism is caught or collected, and put to human use, in the following region(s)
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Brazil
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/3469034
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total life span
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001661
- Definition: The full period of time from birth to death of an organism.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/VT
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15.3 years

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Black Caiman. View this species on GBIF

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