Animal directory
Gharial
Care, environment, breeding and conservation records for Gharial.
Identity & conservation
- Scientific name
- Gavialis gangeticus
- Enclosures
- Habitat
- Status
- Critically endangered
- Status code
- CR
- Regions
- Asia
- Biomes
- Tropical, Wetlands, Lakes and Rivers
- Edition
- Base game
- Class group
- Reptiles
- Revealed
- 2026-07-21
- Status groups
- Critically endangered, Threatened
- Tax class
- Reptilia
- Tax family
- Gavialidae
- Tax genus
- Gavialis
- Tax order
- Crocodilia
- Wild population
- 650
- Wild population count
- 650
Habitat & enclosure
- Barrier grade
- 2
- Barrier height
- 1 m
- Climb proof
- No
- Water barrier
- No
- Temp min
- 14 °C
- Temp max
- 41 °C
- Area land min
- 110 m²
- Area land
- 110 m² + 16 m² per extra animal
- Area climbing
- Unknown
- Area deep water
- 120 m² + 52 m² per extra animal
- Area flying
- Unknown
- Area shelter
- Unknown
- Area water
- 300 m² + 30 m² per extra animal
- Humidity
- Unknown
- Plant cover
- 0-80%
- Salinity
- Unknown
- Terrain
- Short Grass 0-40%, Sand 40-100%, Soil 0-60%, Rock 0-20%, Waterlogged 0-100%
- Water barrier depth
- Unknown
- Water barrier width
- Unknown
Social life & breeding
- Group size
- 1-7 (up to 1 male, up to 6 females)
- Life expectancy
- 30-65 years
- Bachelor females
- 1-7
- Bachelor males
- 1
- Breeding difficulty
- Easy
- Gestation
- 2 months
- Gestation months
- 2 months
- Group name
- Unknown
- Interbirth
- 10 months
- Interbirth months
- 10 months
- Litter label
- Clutch size
- Litter size
- 2-9
- Mating season
- Winter
- Mating system
- Polygynous
- Maturity age
- 16 years
- Maturity years
- 16 years
- Shoal fish
- No
- Shoal size
- Unknown
- Sterility age
- 50 years
- Sterility years
- 50 years
Other facts
- Diet
- Small Whole Fish, Freshwater Crustaceans
- Colony size
- Unknown
- Colour morphs
- Leucistic
- Dominance
- Male dominance over breeding sites
- Enrichment
- Mud Bath, Platform Floats, Rubber Duck, Rubbing Pad, Rubbing Pad Bark, Small Ball, Small Bubble Machine
- Exhibit types
- Unknown
- Feeders
- Aquatic Feeder - Fish, Bamboo Feeder, Block of Frozen Fish, Food Tray - Large, Food Tray - Small
- Nest
- Buried Nest
- Offspring dispersal
- None
- Size female
- 2.7 m
- Size male
- 4.4 m
- Size max
- 4.4 m
- Size measure
- Length
- Temperature
- 14 to 41°C
- Thriving group
- Unknown
- Thriving member of
- Unknown
- Thriving with
- Unknown
- Water sources
- Ground Water Fountain - Small
- Weather dislikes
- Snow
- Weight female
- 105 kg
- Weight female text
- 105 kg
- Weight juvenile
- 16 kg
- Weight male
- 300 kg
- Weight male text
- 300 kg
Research levels
| Level | Unlocks | Research gate |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Thriving Requirement 1: Shelter Space; Gharial Fact Sheet | Unknown |
| Level 2 | Thriving Requirement 2: Water Jet, at least 2; Fertility Level 1 (+15% fertility) | Unknown |
| Level 3 | Thriving Requirement 3: Food Grade 2; Release groups and release to the wild | Unknown |
| Level 4 | Thriving Requirement 4: Platform Floats, at least 1 | Unknown |
| Level 5 | Thriving Requirement 5: Fine Sand terrain; Fertility Level 2 (+30% fertility) | Unknown |
Valid release groups
| Group | Type | Animals |
|---|---|---|
| Mixed Group | Mixed group | 1 to 3 males, 3 to 9 females |
Barriers at this grade4
Enrichment items7
Water sources1
Research levels1
Valid release groups1
Related entries95
- Uses enrichment · Small Ball (Requires / provides)
- Lives in biome · Tropical (Requires / provides)
- Gharial · Gharial (Requires / provides)
- Uses water source · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Salmonellosis (Used by / linked from)
- Research levels · Gharial (Requires / provides)
- Enrichment items · Small Bubble Machine (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Lakes and Rivers (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Aquatic Feeder - Fish (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Rubbing Pad Bark (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Food Tray - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Animals given as rewards · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Mud Bath (Requires / provides)
- Barriers at this grade · Corrugated (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Wetlands (Used by / linked from)
- Lives in biome · Wetlands (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Streptococcosis (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · Rope Netting (Used by / linked from)
- Lives in biome · Lakes and Rivers (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Bamboo Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Ulcerative Dermatitis (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Platform Floats (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Rubbing Pad (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Small Bubble Machine (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Mud Bath (Used by / linked from)
- Sp habitat · Rope Netting (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Bamboo Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Food Tray - Large (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Food Tray - Small (Requires / provides)
- Sp habitat · Corrugated (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Mud Bath (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Nile Crocodile Poxvirus (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Food Tray - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · 1-Way Glass (Used by / linked from)
- Sp habitat · Chain Link (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Block of Frozen Fish (Requires / provides)
- Biomes · Lakes and Rivers (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Platform Floats (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Rubbing Pad Bark (Used by / linked from)
- Researches species · Gharial (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Rubber Duck (Used by / linked from)
- Has research · Gharial (Requires / provides)
- Barriers at this grade · Chain Link (Requires / provides)
- Barriers at this grade · Rope Netting (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Small Bubble Machine (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Tropical (Used by / linked from)
- Asked species · Animal Reintroduction projects (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Mud Bath (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Rubber Duck (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Rubber Duck (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Platform Floats (Requires / provides)
- Biomes · Tropical (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Rubbing Pad (Used by / linked from)
- Animals in this biome · Tropical (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Rubbing Pad Bark (Requires / provides)
- Animals in this biome · Wetlands (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Rubbing Pad Bark (Used by / linked from)
- Valid release groups · Gharial (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Small Bubble Machine (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Rubbing Pad (Requires / provides)
- Animals in this biome · Lakes and Rivers (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Rubbing Pad (Used by / linked from)
- Gharial · Gharial (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Block of Frozen Fish (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Block of Frozen Fish (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Small Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · West Nile Virus (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Aquatic Feeder - Fish (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · Chain Link (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Bamboo Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · Corrugated (Used by / linked from)
- Barriers at this grade · 1-Way Glass (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Platform Floats (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Aquatic Feeder - Fish (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Food Tray - Large (Requires / provides)
- Enrichment items · Rubber Duck (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Food Tray - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Bamboo Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Zoopedia entry · Gharial (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Ulcerative Stomatitis (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Zoopedia entry · Gharial (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Food Tray - Small (Requires / provides)
- Enrichment items · Small Ball (Requires / provides)
- Reward species · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Aquatic Feeder - Fish (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Nematodiasis (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Food Tray - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Small Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Water sources · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Requires / provides)
- Sp habitat · 1-Way Glass (Used by / linked from)
- Biomes · Wetlands (Requires / provides)
- Has release groups · Gharial (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Block of Frozen Fish (Used by / linked from)
Sources34
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