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==Taxonomy==
===Extant Species===
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! Image !! Scientific name !! Common Name !! Distribution
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|[[File:Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare) 2.jpg|120px]] || ''Caiman yacare'' || [[Yacare caiman]] || northeastern Argentina, Uruguay, southeastern Peru, eastern Bolivia, central/southwest Brazil, and the rivers of Paraguay
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|[[File:Spectacled Caiman.JPG|120px]] || ''Caiman crocodilus '' || [[Spectacled caiman]] || Central and South America
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|[[File:Jacaré de papo amarelo 2.jpg|120px]] || ''Caiman latirostris '' || [[Broad-snouted caiman]]|| Brazil, northern Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia
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===Fossils===
Species known only from [[fossil]] remains:
:* ''[[Caiman australis]]''† {{small|Bravard 1858}} - [[Entrerriana Formation|Entrerriana]] and [[Ituzaingó Formation]]s, [[Argentina]]<ref name=FWCaimanAustralis>[http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=346444 ''Caiman australis''] at [[Fossilworks]].org</ref>
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