You can't own them without a special permit from the government.
Caimans are illegal in Ohio unless it is a dwarf caiman.
You probably mean a Caiman alligator? Caimans are relatives to alligators that live in Mexico, Central and South America. They are usually smaller than gators and not as dangerous to humans; the exception is the enormous black caiman from the Amazonian jungle. Actually they are Caiman Crocodiles there are no Caiman Alligators.
Alligators do not live in tropical rainforests, but their cousins the caimans do live in and around the rainforests of South America - the Black Caiman, for example.
A caiman looks very similar to the American Alligator - short, U-shaped snout, wide eyes, and usually have red eyes and a bony ridge between the eyes distinguishing them from Alligators. Most are small, but some like the Black Caiman can reach lengths in excess of 17ft!
There are about 23 species of living crocodilian. They come from the Order Crocodylia, otherwise known as Loricata in the Class Reptilia (whose status as a class may be being reconsidered). Common names include Crocodile, Alligator, Caiman and Gharial/Gavial.Genera include:AlligatorCaimanCrocodylusGavialisOsteolaemusPalaeosuchusTomistoma
Caiman are smaller than alligators and one of their predators is the panthera onca the Jaguar.
Alligators are members of the family Alligatoridae, which is broken up into 2 genus. There are true alligators, of which there are 2 species, the American Alligator and the Chinese Alligator, and the Caiman, which there are 6 species, the Black Caiman, Spectacled Caiman, Broad Snouted Caiman, Yacare Caiman, Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman and Schneider's Dwarf Caiman
Caimans are illegal in Ohio unless it is a dwarf caiman.
You probably mean a Caiman alligator? Caimans are relatives to alligators that live in Mexico, Central and South America. They are usually smaller than gators and not as dangerous to humans; the exception is the enormous black caiman from the Amazonian jungle. Actually they are Caiman Crocodiles there are no Caiman Alligators.
We do in zoos, but in the wild Brazil only has alligators (jacarés). The closest is the jacaré-açu (black caiman).
Alligators do not live in tropical rainforests, but their cousins the caimans do live in and around the rainforests of South America - the Black Caiman, for example.