Question: what is the difference between an alligator and a crocodile and a caiman?
Answer: Alligators and caimans belong to the same family Alligatoridea. They differ from crocodiles in that they have wider and shorter heads. Caimans teeth are longer and narrower than an alligators and are more agile. ... Caimans are found primarily in South America with some species as far north as Central America.