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An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. The name alligator is an anglicized form of the Spanish el lagarto (the lizard), the name by which early Spanish explorers and settlers in Florida called the alligator. There are two living alligator species: the American alligator and the Chinese alligator.
The alligator has been described as a 'living fossil from the age of reptiles, having survived on earth for 200 million years'.
An average American alligator's weight and length is 800 pounds (360 kg) and 13 feet (4.0 m) long, but can grow to 14.5 feet (4.4 m) long and weigh 1,000 pounds (450 kg). According to the Everglades National Park website, the largest alligator ever recorded in Florida was 17 feet 5 inches (5.3 m), although according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission web site the Florida state record for length is a 14 feet 5/8 inches (4.28 m) male from Lake Monroe in Seminole County[citation needed]. The Chinese alligator is smaller, rarely exceeding 7 feet (2.1 m) in length. Speeds have been clocked by alligators of up to 27 miles per hour (43 km/h), making one of the fastest large reptiles on the planet.
An alligator's lifespan is usually estimated in the range of 50 years or more. A specimen named Muja has resided in the Belgrade Zoo in Serbia since 1937, making it at least 71 years old. Another specimen, Cabulitis, in Riga Zoo, Latvia died in 2007 being more than 75 years old.
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