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| Mecistops | |
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| West African slender-snouted crocodile | |
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| Central African slender-snouted crocodile | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Crocodylidae |
| Subfamily: | Osteolaeminae |
| Genus: | Mecistops Gray, 1844 |
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Mecistops is a genus of crocodiles, the slender-snouted crocodiles, native to sub-Saharan Africa.
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