Orcinus orca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Delphinoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Cladus: Pan-Euungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Cladus: Paraxonia Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Cetancodontamorpha Subordo: Whippomorpha Cladus: Cetaceamorpha Infraordo: Cetacea Cladus: Pelagiceti Cladus: Neoceti Parvordo: Odontoceti Cladus: Delphinida Superfamilia: Delphinoidea

Familia: Delphinidae
Subfamilia: Orcininae
Genus: Orcinus
Species: Orcinus orca

Name

Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality: E. North Atlantic ("Oceano Europaeo")

Synonymy

Delphinus orca (protonym)

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL p. 77 BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Orcinus orca 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.

Links

Smithsonian Institution - North American Mammals: Orcinus orca (archived copy)

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Moordvis
العربية: حوت قاتل
azərbaycanca: Orka
беларуская (тарашкевіца): Касатка
беларуская: Касатка
български: Косатка
བོད་ཡིག: སྟག་ཆུ་སྲིན།
brezhoneg: Skoazog
català: Orca
čeština: Kosatka dravá
dansk: Spækhugger
Deutsch: Schwertwal
Ελληνικά: Όρκα,Φάλαινα δολοφόνων
English: Orca, Killer Whale
Esperanto: Granda orcino
español: Orca
euskara: Orka, ezpalarta
فارسی: نهنگ قاتل
suomi: Miekkavalas
føroyskt: Bóghvítuhvalur
français: Orque épaulard
Gaeilge: Cráin dhubh
galego: Candorca
客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî: Fú-kîn
עברית: קטלן
hrvatski: Orka
magyar: Kardszárnyú delfin
Bahasa Indonesia: Paus pembunuh
Iñupiatun: Aaġlu
íslenska: Háhyrningur
italiano: orca
日本語: シャチ
ქართული: ცელნამგალა ვეშაპი
қазақша: Косатка
kalaallisut: Aarluk
한국어: 범고래
Limburgs: Orka
lietuvių: Orka
latviešu: Zobenvalis
македонски: Кит убиец
മലയാളം: കൊലയാളി തിമിംഗലം
монгол: Алуурчин халим
ဘာသာမန်: ကဗံၚ်ဗှ်ဂစိုတ်
Bahasa Melayu: Paus pembunuh
Nederlands: Orka
norsk nynorsk: Spekkhoggar
Novial: Orcinus orca
norsk: Spekkhogger
Diné bizaad: Łóóʼtsoh łizhin dóó łigaígíí
polski: Orka
پنجابی: کلر وہیل
português: Orca
română: Orcinus orca
русский: Косатка
sicilianu: Orca
davvisámegiella: Fahkon
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Orka
slovenčina: Kosatka dravá
slovenščina: Orka
shqip: Orka
српски / srpski: Кит убица
svenska: Späckhuggare
தமிழ்: ஓர்க்கா திமிங்கலம்
తెలుగు: ఓర్కా
ไทย: วาฬเพชฌฆาต
Tagalog: Orka
Türkçe: Katil balina
українська: Косатка
Tiếng Việt: Cá hổ kình
吴语: 杀人鲸
閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú: Hó͘-keng
粵語: 殺人鯨
中文: 虎鯨