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The oldest known depictions of the gharial are about 4,000 years old and were found in the Indus Valley. Hindus regard it as the vehicle of the river deity Gaṅgā. Local people living near rivers attributed mystical and healing powers to the gharial, and used some of its body parts as ingredients of indigenous medicine.
The Son Gharial Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary established in 1981 under Project Crocodile for the conservation of gharials. The sanctuary covers three rivers and their banks. Out of the total length of 210 km, 161 km is the Sone River , 23 km is the Banas River , and 26 km is the Gopad River . [ 1 ]
The family Gavialidae was proposed by Arthur Adams in 1854 for reptiles with a very long and slender muzzle, webbed feet and nearly equal teeth. [2] It is currently recognized as a crown group, [3] meaning that it only includes the last common ancestor of all extant (living) gavialids (the gharial and false gharial) and their descendants (living or extinct).
A Fort Worth Zoo ectotherm zoo keeper holds one of four recently hatched gharial crocodiles on Thursday, August 31, 2023, in Fort Worth. Gharial crocodiles are a critically endangered species with ...
Gavialis is a genus of crocodylians that includes the living gharial Gavialis gangeticus and one known extinct species, Gavialis bengawanicus. [1] G. gangeticus comes from the Indian Subcontinent , [ 2 ] while G. bengawanicus is known from Java .
Nuclei of mouse cells (blue) containing Cajal bodies (green) visualized by fusion of p80/Coilin protein to GFP. Cajal bodies (CBs), also coiled bodies, are spherical nuclear bodies of 0.3–1.0 μm in diameter found in the nucleus of proliferative cells like embryonic cells and tumor cells, or metabolically active cells like neurons.
The gharial was historically widespread in the major river systems of India but has undergone a chronic decline since 1943. Major threats have included prolific hunting, accidental catching and water blockage from dams. [163] The gharial population continues to be threatened by environmental hazards such as heavy metals and protozoan parasites ...
Hanyusuchus is an extinct genus of Holocene gavialid crocodilian native to South China, containing a single species Hanyusuchus sinensis.Reaching a total body length of 5.43–6.19 metres (17.8–20.3 ft), it shares characteristics of both tomistomines and derived gharials, such as a possibly sexually dimorphic vocal structure.