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    Species Accepted

    Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)

    IUCNData Deficient

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 2 countries or islands

      2 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      BelgiumNo
      BelgiumNoUnknown
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      155 results
      Aaġlu Inupiaq
      Baleia-assassina Portuguese
      Balena vrasëse Albanian
      Blackfish English
      Butskopf German
      Butzkopf German
      Bóghvítuhvalur Faroese
      Candorca Galician
      Cráin dhubh Irish
      Cá hổ kình Vietnamese

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.77 Published in
      Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds. (1999). The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals.
      Morin, Phillip A., Morgan L. McCarthy, Charissa W. Fung, John W. Durban, Kim M. Parsons, et al. (2024). Revised taxonomy of eastern North Pacific killer whales (Orcinus orca): Bigg’s and resident ecotypes deserve species status. Royal Society Open Science, Vol. 11, No. 231368.
      Davorin Tome
      Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
      Suomen Lajitietokeskus. https://laji.fi
      Heyning, John E., and Marilyn E. Dahlheim. (1988). Orcinus orca. Mammalian Species, No. 304.
      Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL).
      Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds. (2018). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd Edition.
      Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole. (2000). Common Names of Mammals of the World.

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