Gharial Temporal range: Pliocene-Holocene 5-0 mya
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Crocodilia
Family:	Gavialidae
Genus:	Gavialis
Binomial name
Gavialis gangeticus

The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), sometimes called the Indian gharial, common gharial or gavial, is one of two surviving members of the family Gavialidae. They are a group of crocodile-like reptiles with long, narrow jaws.

The gharial is the second-longest of all living crocodilians: a large male can be nearly six meters in length. Only saltwater crocodiles and the Nile crocodile can grow larger.