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Sand Tiger Sharks
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Sand Tiger Sharks

Carchariidae

Carchariidae is a family of lamniform sharks containing a single extant genus, Carcharias, with two extant species. It is one of two families (alongside the related Odontaspididae) that are known as sand tiger sharks.

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1 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Carcharias

genusCarcharias

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1303357.