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WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Delphinus orca Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 77 [details] Available for editors  [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record
van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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. [details]
additional source
Animal Diversity Web. <em>University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.</em> , available online at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html [details]
additional source
Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>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.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
additional source
Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
additional source
Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [details]
additional source
Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]
additional source
Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Heyning, J. E. and M. E. Dahlheim. (1988). Orcinus orca. Mammalian Species 304:1--9. [details] Available for editors [request]
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. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
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. [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
From editor or global species database
Diet Numerous fish, squid, and marine mammal species, including blue whales; even gulls, penguins and turtles. [details]
Dimensions Length: male 17-29 1/2' (5.1-9 m), female 15-25 1/2' (4.6-7.7 m), at birth 6'+ (1.9 m +). Largest of all dolphins. [details]
Holotype None in existence; name based on killer whale of authors. [details]
IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient (DD) [details]
Type locality "Oceano Europaeo" [details]Unreviewed
Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
Distribution Antarctica/Southern Ocean; East Pacific; Eastern Atlantic Ocean; Indo-West Pacific; Western Atlantic Ocean [details]
Habitat inshore and offshore [details]
Predators None [details]
Reproduction Breed in spring and summer off the coast of Washington. Gestation is a year. [details]
| Language | Name | |
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Afrikaans |
moordvis |
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Aleut |
dukuladaguluk |
[details] | |
Anus |
nookur |
[details] | |
Basque |
orkamarzuplaezpalarta |
[details] | |
Bulgarian |
Косаткаkosаtkа |
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Catalan |
orca |
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Chukot |
musonkjgyssiak |
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Czech |
kosatka dravá |
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Danish |
tandthoyesvarthvalsvaerdvalspækhuggerspaekhoggerornswin |
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Dutch |
zwaardwalvisorkaorcabotskop |
[details] | |
English |
swordfishsword grampusorcakiller-trasherkiller whalegrampus |
[details] | |
Faroese |
bovhidehval |
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French |
orque gladiateurorque épaulardorqueepée de merepaularddorque |
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German |
SchwertwalOrcagroßer Schwertwal |
[details] | |
Icelandic |
sverdfiscurhuydinghahyrningurhahyrnahaa-hirningurfann-fiskar-hydengen |
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Indonesian |
segunipaus pemangsa |
[details] | |
Inuktitut |
adluk |
[details] | |
Italian |
orca |
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Japanese |
シャチtakamatsutakashachisakamatasadshi |
[details] | |
Kalaallisut |
ardlykardlursark |
[details] | |
Korean |
innuatubeom-gorae |
[details] | |
Lithuanian |
orka |
[details] | |
Malagasy |
trozona mpamond |
[details] | |
Modern Greek (1453-) |
Όρκα |
[details] | |
Norwegian |
van hundvaghundstourvagnstourvagastaurhvalstarhyn ningspekkhuggerspaekhoggerhvalhund |
[details] | |
Norwegian Bokmål |
spekkhogger |
[details] | |
Norwegian Nynorsk |
spekkhoggar |
[details] | |
Polish |
orka |
[details] | |
Portuguese |
roaz-de-bandeiraorcabaleia asesina |
[details] | |
Russian |
косаткаили кит убийцаkosatkakasatka |
[details] | |
Scottish Gaelic |
pictwale |
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Slovenian |
orka |
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Spanish |
orca verdaderaorca comúnorcamoscotemacheteespadartedelfin gigantecahuel-huaiquebufeo de mascarillaballena quilaballena pintaballena asesina |
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Swedish |
tunnlik tumlaresvärdfiskspäckhuggarespackhuggareoparelöpare |
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Thai |
plawan phechakhat |
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Turkish |
katil balina |
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Ukrainian |
Косатка |
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Welsh |
orca gwrywlleiddiad |
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Yupik languages |
mesungesak |
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Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (169 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Orca gladiator arcticus Gervais, 1869-1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Orca gladiator tasmaniensis Cabrera, 1961)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Orca antarctica Fischer, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Orca pacifica Gray, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (192 publications) (from synonym Orca minor Malm, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (194 publications) (from synonym Delphinus orca Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (195 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Orcinus orca eschrichti Trouessart, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Grampus orca Iredale & Troughton, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Orca stenorhyncha Gray, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Orca gladiator australis Gervais, 1869-1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Orca schlegelii Lilljeborg, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Delphinus serra Borowski, 1780)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Orcinus nanus Mikhalev, Ivashin, Savusin & Zelenaya, 1981)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Delphinus grampus Blainville, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Orca atra Gray, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Orca rectipinna Cope, 1869)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Orca capensis Gray, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Orca ater Cope, 1869)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (479 publications) (from synonym Orca gladiator Van Beneden & Gervais, 1869-1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Delphinus victorini Grill, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (66 publications) (from synonym Delphinus gladiator Bonnaterre, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (66 publications) (from synonym Orca orca Lahille, 1914)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Orca tasmanica Gray, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Orca africana Gray, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications) (from synonym Orca latirostris Gray, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (74 publications) (from synonym Physeter microps Fabricius, 1780)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Orcinus glacialis Berzin & Vladimirov, 1982)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Ophysia pacifica Gray, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Grampus rectipinna Scheffer, 1942)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Orcinus orca)
To GenBank (173316 nucleotides; 65456 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 13911 Orcinus orca pelvis)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 13912 Orcinus orca skeleton)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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