The False Gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii) is a member of the family Gavialidae, a long-established group of crocodilians with long, slender snouts, that is native to Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java. Young false gharials eat fish and small vertebrates, while mature adults feed almost on larger vertebrates, such as proboscis monkeys, long-tailed macaques, deer, water birds, and reptiles. It has one of the thinnest snouts of any crocodilian, which is filled with hundreds of sharp teeth.
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