1. Florida Gator
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2. Alligator Mississipiensis
Scientific Name
Alligator Mississipiensis
Better Known as the
Gator

3. Florida and down into Texas
Location
Carolinas to
Florida and down into Texas

4. Fresh to brackish waters
Habitat
Fresh to brackish waters

5. found in Florida and Lousianna
Population
Highest population
found in Florida and Lousianna
highest concentration
in Central and South Florida

6. meat eaters (Carnivorous)
Diet
meat eaters (Carnivorous)
eat mostly at night
swallow food whole

7. Baby Gators Eat
Snails
Frogs
Insects
small fish

8. sometimes smaller gators
Adult Gators
Fish
turtles
Water Fowl
snakes
Small Mammals
sometimes smaller gators

9. SIZE
Longest Record
19'2
most are not above 13 feet

10. Weight
600 pounds
or more

11. Gator Tracks

12. Encyclopidia Americana
Referances
Encyclopidia Americana