American alligator

3D Model

3D scan of the skeleton of an American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis).

The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) is a large crocodilian reptile native to the South-eastern United States, from southern Texas to North Carolina, where inhabits subtropical and tropical freshwater wetlands, such as marshes and cypress swamps. Adult male measures 3.4 to 4.6 m in length, weighing up to 500 kg, while females are smaller, measuring 2.6 to 3 m. It is an apex predators feeding on fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Specimen: American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin, 1802)

Inventory number: B 66

Collection: Natural History Museum University of Pisa

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Scanned and edited by Simone Farina & Marco Merella

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