Ingwenya

'Ingwenya' (umndeni we-Crocodylidae) noma ingwenya yangempela iyisilwane esikhulu esihuquzelayo esihlala ezindaweni ezishisayo e-Afrika, e-Asia, eMelika nase Australia. Igama elithi "ingwenya" ngezinye izikhathi lisetshenziswa kalula ukuhlanganisa wonke amalungu omnde we-Crocodilia, okubandakanya ama-alligator nama-caiman (womibili amalungu omndeni we-Alligatoridae), ama-I-gharial nama-false gharial (yomibe amalungu omndeni wakwaGavialidae) kanye namanye ama-taxa angasekho. Lesi sihloko sizosebenzisa "ingwenya" noma "ingwenya yangempela" ukubhekisela kuphela ezinhlotsheni ezifakiwe emndenini we-Crocodylidae, ezisekhona noma ezingasekho.

ubukhulu be-crocodile, isimo, ukuziphatha kanye ne-ecology kuhlukile phakathi kwezinhlobo. Kodwa-ke, banokufana okuningi kulezi zindawo. Zonke izingwenya ziyI-semi-aquatic futhi zithambekele ekuhlanganyeleni ezindaweni zamanzi ahlanzekile njengemifula, amachibi, Izindawo ezingamaxhaphozi futhi ngezinye izikhathi emanzini anosawoti . Ziyilwane ezidla inyama, zidla kakhulu izilwane ezinomgogodla ezinjengezinhlanzi, izilwane ezihuquzelayo, izinyoni izilwane ezincelisayo,ngezinye izikhathi zidla izilwane ezingenamgogodla njenge-molluscs ne-crustaceans, kuye ngezinhlobo nangobudala. Zonke izingwenya ziyizinhlobo zasezindaweni ezishisayo, ngokungafani ama-alligator, ezizwela kakhulu emakhazeni. Izinhlobo eziningi zisengozini yokuqothulwa, ezinye zihlukaniswe njengezisengozini enkulu.