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Zoo Brno a stanice zájmových činností, příspěvková organizace
U Zoologické zahrady 46
635 00 Brno
phone: 546 432 311
fax: 546 210 000
e-mail: zoo@zoobrno.cz
Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman
Paleosuchus palpebrosus
| Length: | male 130–170 cm, female 120–40 cm, is the smallest of all living crocodilians from northern and central South America |
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| Reproduction: |
female lays 15–25 eggs |
| Range: | found in Bolivia, Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam and Venezuela |
| Diet: | fish, amphibians and invertebrates, such as large molluscs |
| Behaviour: | lives primarily near fast stretches of stream, but also in nutrient-deficient waters |
| Lifespan: | in human care up to 40 years |
| IUCN Status: | Least Concern (LC) |
