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The gharial is a crocodilian that is native to the Indian subcontinent including Nepal and India and also called gavial and fish-eating crocodile. As the species has undergone both chronic long term and a rapid short-term declines, it is listed as a Critically Endangered by IUCN.

The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), also known as the gavial, and the fish-eating crocodile, is a crocodilian of the family Gavialidae, native to the northern part of the Indian Subcontinent. The global wild gharial population is estimated at fewer than 235 individuals, which are threatened by loss of riverine habitat, depletion of fish resources, and entanglement in fishing nets. As the population has declined drastically in the past 70 years, the gharial is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. The gharial is one of the longest of all living crocodilians, measuring up to 6.25 m (20.5 ft), though this is an extreme upper limit, as the average adult gharial is only 3.5 to 4.5 m (11 to 15 ft) in size. With 110 sharp, interdigitated teeth in its long, thin snout, it is well adapted to catching fish, its main diet. The male gharial has a distinctive boss at the end of the snout, which resembles an earthenware pot known in Hindi as ghara. The gharial's common name is derived from this similarity.

Asian wildlife: 1) Orang-Utan (Pongo); 2) Gibbon (Hylobatidae); 3) Tarsier (Tarsiidae); 4) Colugo (Dermoptera); 5) Large flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus); 6) Black giant squirrel (Ratufa bicolor); 7) Page semi-protected Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus); 8) Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus); 9) Great hornbill (Buceros bicornis); 10) Great argus (Argusianus argus); 11) Red junglefowl (Gallus gallus); 12) Common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus); 13) Tiger (Panthera tigris); 14) Lesser Malay chevrotain (Tragulus kanchil); 15) Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus); 16) Large treeshrew (Tupaia tana); 17) Elephant Trunk Snake (Acrochordus javanicus). Chromolithograph, published in 1897

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