Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Cetartiodactyla > Suborder Cetancodonta > Infraorder Cetacea > Superfamily Odontoceti > Family Delphinidae > Genus Orcinus

Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

OrcinusFitzinger, 1860accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Afrikaans: moordvis
 Aleutian: aguluk; dukulad
 Auns: nookur
 Bokmål (Norwegian): spekkhogger sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Bulgarian: kosаtkа; Косатка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Catalan: orca
 Chukchi (Louravetlany): musonkjgyssiak
 Chukot: musonkjgyssiak
 Czech: kosatka dravá
 Danish: ornswin; spaekhogger; spækhugger; svaerdval; tandthoye sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: botskop; orca; orka; zwaardwalvis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: grampus; killer whale; killer-trasher; orca; sword grampus sources: Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber. 1993. Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species Identification Guide. Rome. 312 p.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 English-United States: Killer Whale sources: Charles Hussey
 Euskera: ezpalarta; orka
 Faroese: bovhidehval
 French: dorque; epaulard; epée de mer; orque; orque épaulard; orque gladiateur
 German: großer Schwertwal; Orca; Schwertwal sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Όρκα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greenlandic: ardlursark; ardlyk
 Icelandic: fann-fiskar-hydengen; haa-hirningur; hahyrna; hahyrningur; huyding; sverdfiscur
 Indonesian: paus pemangsa; seguni
 Inuktitut: adluk
 Italian: orca sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Japanese: sadshi; sakamata; taka; takamatsu
 Kalaallisut: ardlursark; ardlyk
 Korean: beom-gorae; innuatu
 Lithuanian: orka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Malagasi: trozona mpamond
 Norwegian: hvalhund; spaekhogger; spekkhogger; spekkhugger; starhyn ning; staurhval; stourvaga; stourvagn; vaghund; van hund sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: spekkhogger sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:77
 Norwegian Nynorsk: spekkhoggar sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:77
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): spekkhoggar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: orka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Portuguese: baleia asesina; orca; roaz-de-bandeira
 Russian: kasatka; kosatka; или кит убийца; косатка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Scottish: pictwale
 Slovenian: orka sources: Davorin Tome
 Spanish, Castillian: ballena asesina; ballena pinta; ballena quila; bufeo de mascarilla; cahuel-huaique; delfin gigante; espadarte; machete; moscote; orca; orca común; orca verdadera sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: löpare; opare; spackhuggare; späckhuggare; svärdfisk; tunnlik tumlare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Thai: plawan phechakhat
 Turkish: katil balina sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Косатка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: lleiddiad; orca gwryw sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Yupik: mesungesak

Literature

original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.

basis of record

van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376

additional source

University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Animal Diversity Web.

additional source

ITIS database

additional source

Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.

additional source

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

additional source

Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam.

additional source

Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

additional source

Carwardine, M., E. Hoyt, R. E. Fordyce and P. Gill. 1998. Whales, dolphins and porpoises. Time-Life Books. Nature Company Guides, USA. 288 p.

additional source

Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.

additional source

Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4.

additional source

Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259.

additional source

Heyning, J. E. and M. E. Dahlheim. (1988). Orcinus orca. Mammalian Species 304:1--9.

additional source

King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK
Barcode of Life (66 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (167 publications)
GenBank (107929 nucleotides; 25900 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Perrin, W. (2014). Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Perrin, W.F. (2014) World Cetacea Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137102

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Occurrence

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