The Chinese Alligator or Yangtze Alligator (Chinese: 揚子鱷, Alligator sinensis) is one of two known living species of Alligator, a genus within the family Alligatoriae. The Chinese Alligator is native only to China. It is smaller than the other Alligator species, the American Alligator, growing to an average of 1.5 m (5 ft).