Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.77

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Mammalia: order
Cetacea: family
Delphinidae: genus
Orcinus: species
Orcinus orca

Name

Synonyms: Delphinus duhameli Lacépède, 1804; Delphinus gladiator Bonnaterre, 1789; Delphinus grampus Blainville, 1817; Delphinus grampus Desmarest, 1817; Delphinus orca Linnaeus, 1758; Delphinus orca ensidoratus Kerr, 1792; Delphinus serra Borowski, 1780; Delphinus victorini Grill, 1858; Grampus orca Iredale & Troughton, 1933; Grampus rectipinna Scheffer, 1942; Grampus vectipinna Branson, 1971; Ophysia pacifica Gray, 1870; Orca africana Gray, 1871; Orca antarctica Fischer, 1876; Orca ater Cope, 1869; Orca ater fusca Dall, 1874; Orca atra Gray, 1871; Orca capensis Gray, 1846; Orca eschrichtii Reinhardt, 1866; Orca glacialis Berzin & Vladimirov, 1982
Homonyms: Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names: Epaulard in English; Epaulard in French; Killer Whale in English; Killer Whale in English; Killer Whale in English; Killer Whale in English; Killer Whale in English; Killer Whale in English; Killer whale in English; Killer whale in language.; Orca in English; Orca in language.; Orca in language.; Orca común in Spanish; Orca común in Spanish; Orca gigante | orca in Spanish; Orque, Epaulard, Orque épaulard, Orque gladiateur in French; Schwertwal in German; Schwertwal in English; Schwertwal in German; Spækhugger in Danish; killer whale in language.; killer whale in English; orca in English; orca in English; orca in English; orque in French; zwaardwalvis, orka in Dutch; épaulard in French; épaulard in French; Killer Whale in English; Killer Whale in English; Killer Whale in English; Orka in Dutch; Zwaardwalvis in Dutch; fáhkan in Northern Sami; orka in Dutch; spekkhoggar in Nynorsk, Norwegian; spekkhogger in Norwegian Bokmål; späckhuggare in Swedish; Epaulard in French; Espadarte in Spanish; Grampus in English; Killer-trasher in English; Lleiddiad in Welsh; Lleiddiaid in Welsh; Orca in German; Orca in English; Orca in Spanish; Orca in Dutch

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