Relationships towards this taxonGenus group namesOrcinus | Fitzinger, 1860 | accepted genus name |
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(-) 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 Literatureoriginal 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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TaxonomyWoRMS
External LinksMarine Life Information Network - UK Barcode of Life (66 barcodes) Biodiversity Heritage Library (167 publications) GenBank (107929 nucleotides; 25900 proteins) GBIF
CitationPerrin, 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:137102Image
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