Smallest extant crocodilian (maximum length)

What to remember

Among crocodilians, the smallest living member is Cuvier's dwarf caiman. It reaches up to 1.6 m (5.2 ft) in length.

The smallness of a living thing can be measured in several ways: volume, mass, height, length or genome size. For this caiman, length is what counts.

Scientific knowledge of living things is incomplete, and the very definition of an organism is debated.