Assertion: nile crocodile | /r/RelatedTo | crocodiles of the americas
Facets:
value: more closely
type: DEGREE
value: despite this confusion
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Despite this confusion, the Nile crocodile is more closely related to crocodiles of the Americas (American, Cuban, Morelet's and Orinoco) than it is to the West African crocodile.
text: The Nile crocodile apparently is more closely related to the crocodiles of the Americas, namely the American (Crocodylus acutus), Cuban (Crocodylus rhombifer), Morelet's (Crocodylus moreletii), and Orinoco crocodiles (Crocodylus intermedius), than to the West African crocodile or other extant African crocodilians.