Broad-snouted Caiman Skull Replica
$212.00
Broad-snouted caiman skull replica is 9.7 x 6.1 x 3.6 in. The Caiman latirostris is a museum-quality polyurethane resin cast of a CAS specimen.
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Description
Broad-snouted caiman skull replica measures 9.7 x 6.1 x 3.6 inches. The Caiman latirostris is a museum-quality polyurethane resin cast of a California Academy of Sciences specimen. 2-part skull (separate cranium and mandible). 1:1 scale. Made in USA.
The broad-snouted caiman lives as a native crocodilian throughout eastern and central South America. Populations inhabit the Pantanal spaces of Bolivia, Southeastern Brazil, ad Paraguay. They are also found in northern Argentina and Uruguay.
This reptile lives in freshwater wetlands. This includes floodplains, marshes, swamps, and muddy mangrove forests. They also frequent slow-moving streams, rivers, lakes, and ponds. They use cow ponds, old cattle tanks, canals, and ditches.
As opportunistic carnivores, these caimans hunt a wide variety of animals based on their own body size. Young caimans catch small insects, water bugs, snails, and tiny fish in the shallows.
As they grow into large adults, their jaws become incredibly wide and strong. This physical trait allows them to crush hard shells and take down larger prey easily.
Their main prey includes river snails, crabs, fish, frogs, snakes, and turtles. Adults also snatch water birds an small mammals that venture too close to the riverbank.
Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Clade: Archosauria
- Order: Crocodilia
- Family: Alligatoridae
- Subfamily: Caimaninae
- Clade: Jacarea
- Genus: Caiman
- Species: C. latirostris
- Binomial name: Caiman latirostris Daudin, 1801
- Conservation status: Least concern (IUCN 3.1)
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Additional information
| Weight | 11.0 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 9.7 × 6.1 × 3.6 in |
