The Chinese alligator currently is found in only the Yangtze River valley and parts of adjacent provinces and is extremely endangered, with only a few dozen believed to be left in the wild.
O aligátor chinés actualmente encóntrase só no val do río Yangtzé e partes de provincias adxacentes, e está en perigo extremo de desaparecer, xa que se cre que quedan só unhas poucas ducias vivindo libres na natureza.