Orcinus

Orcinus orca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Delphinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Subordo: Whippomorpha Infraordo: Cetacea Cladus: Neoceti Parvordo: Odontoceti Cladus: Delphinida Superfamilia: Delphinoidea

Familia: Delphinidae
Genus: Orcinus
Species: †O. citoniensis - †O. meyeri - O. orca - †O. paleorca

Name

• Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860

Synonyms

• Gladiator J. E. Gray, 1870
• Grampus Iredale & Troughton, 1933
• Ophesia J. E. Gray, 1868
• Ophysia J. E. Gray, 1868
• Orca J. E. Gray, 1846
• Phocaena J. E. Gray, 1846

References

• LeDuc, R.G.; Robertson, K.M.; Pitman, R.L. 2008: Mitochondrial sequence divergence among Antarctic killer whale ecotypes is consistent with multiple species. Biology letters, 4: 426–429. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0168
• Orcinus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• The Paleobioly Database 2005: Orcinus citoniensis
• Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

dansk: Spækhugger
Deutsch: Großer Schwertwal
English: Orca
suomi: Miekkavalaat
français: Orque
magyar: Kardszárnyú delfinek
日本語: シャチ属
한국어: 범고래속
norsk nynorsk: Spekkhoggar
svenska: Späckhuggare
ไทย: วาฬเพชฌฆาต, วาฬออร์กา
Türkçe: Katil balina

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