Editing Crocodile (section)

{{Short description|Family of large reptilian carnivores}}
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{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Crocodiles
| fossil_range = [[Eocene]]–[[Holocene]], {{Geological range|46|0}}
| image = Nile crocodile head.jpg
| image_caption = [[Nile crocodile]] (''Crocodylus niloticus'')
| image2 = Pangil Crocodile Park Davao City.jpg
| image2_caption = [[Saltwater crocodile]] (''Crocodylus porosus'')
| taxon = Crocodylidae
| authority = [[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]], 1807
| type_genus = ''[[Crocodylus]]''
| type_genus_authority = [[Joseph Nicolai Laurenti|Laurenti]], 1768
| range_map = Crocodylidae_Distribution.png
| range_map_caption = Global distribution of crocodile species
| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
| subdivision = 
*[[Crocodylinae]]
*[[Osteolaeminae]]
}}

'''Crocodiles''' ([[family (biology)|family]] '''Crocodylidae''') or '''true crocodiles''' are large, [[semiaquatic]] [[reptile]]s that live throughout the [[tropics]] in [[Africa]], [[Asia]], the [[Americas]] and [[Australia]]. The term "crocodile" is sometimes used more loosely to include all [[extant taxon|extant]] members of the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Crocodilia]], which includes the [[alligator]]s and [[caiman]]s (both members of the family [[Alligatoridae]]), the [[gharial]] and [[false gharial]] (both members of the family [[Gavialidae]]) as well as other extinct [[Taxon|taxa]].

Crocodile [[Measurement|size]], [[Morphology (biology)|morphology]], [[behaviour]] and [[ecology]] differ among [[species]]. However, they have many similarities in these areas as well. All crocodiles are [[semiaquatic]] and tend to congregate in [[freshwater]] habitats such as [[river]]s, [[lake]]s, [[wetland]]s and sometimes in [[brackish]] water and [[Seawater|saltwater]]. They are [[carnivorous]] animals, feeding mostly on [[vertebrate]]s such as [[fish]], [[reptile]]s, [[bird]]s and [[mammal]]s, and sometimes on [[invertebrate]]s such as [[mollusc]]s and [[crustacean]]s, depending on species and age. All crocodiles are [[tropical]] species that, unlike alligators, are very sensitive to [[cold]].  Many species are at the risk of [[extinction]], some being classified as [[critically endangered]].