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States. They rarely attack man, especially when on 

 land. 



FIG. 262. 



CROCODILE. 



The gavials are of the crocodile order, but differ from 

 the crocodiles and the alligators in having a long, slender 



FIG. 263. 



PIKE-HEADED ALLIGATOR (Alligator lucius). 



snout. They occur in India, Java, and Borneo, and the 

 most common species is that of the Ganges, whose length 

 is about twenty-four feet. 



