False gharial

False gharial
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene - Recent, 0.1–0 Ma[1]
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Captive false gharial in Berlin Zoo, Germany
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Gavialidae
Subfamily: Tomistominae
Genus: Tomistoma
Müller, 1846
Species:
T. schlegelii
Binomial name
Tomistoma schlegelii
(Müller, 1838)
Range of the false gharial
Synonyms

Pseudogavialis schlegelii

The false gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii), also known by the names Malayan gharial, Sunda gharial and tomistoma, is a freshwater crocodilian of the family Gavialidae native to Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra and Java. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, as the global population is estimated at around 2,500 to 10,000 mature individuals.[2]

The specific name schlegelii honors Hermann Schlegel.[3][4]

  1. ^ Rio, J.P. & Mannion, P.D. (2021). "Phylogenetic analysis of a new morphological dataset elucidates the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem". PeerJ. 9: e12094. doi:10.7717/peerj.12094. PMC 8428266. PMID 34567843.
  2. ^ a b c Shaney, K.; Shwedick, B.; Simpson, B.K.; Pine, A.; Sideleau, B. & Stevenson, C. (2023). "Tomistoma schlegelii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T21981A214287051. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  3. ^ Müller, S. (1838). "Waarnemingen over de Indische Krokodillen en Beschrijving van eene nieuwe Soort". Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie (in Dutch). 5: 61–87.
  4. ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M. & Grayson, M. (2011). "Tomistoma schlegelii". The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.