• burgersc12@mander.xyz
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    10 hours ago

    From Wikipedia

    Caiman is an alligatorid belonging to the subfamily Caimaninae, one of two primary lineages within the Alligatoridae family, the other being alligators

    Alligatorinae is a subfamily within the family Alligatoridae that contains the alligators and their closest extinct relatives, and is the sister taxon to Caimaninae

    Alligators and caimans split about 53-65 million years ago

    Alligatoridae contains eight living species: two alligators within Alligatorinae, and the six caimans of Caimaninae

    The true alligators are today represented by two species

    …the subfamily Caimaninae, which differ from the alligator…

    Technically they are Alligatoridae, but when people refer to “Alligators” they mean the Genus: Alligatorinae. This would be like saying that the Caimans and Alligators are both Crocodiles because they come from the Order: Crocodilia.

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      18 hours ago

      I understand that common names getting mixed use in families, genus, and species can be confusing, but you’re being willfully obtuse here just to double down on useless pedantry.

      • burgersc12@mander.xyz
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        17 hours ago

        Not my fault it says “Alligator and Caiman” not Alligators including Caiman. I’m just a guy reading Wikipedia.