Orcinus orca

Orcinus orca

Orcinus orca — distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Delphinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Cetancodontamorpha Subordo: Whippomorpha Cladus: Cetaceamorpha Infraordo: Cetacea Cladus: Neoceti Parvordo: Odontoceti Cladus: Delphinida Superfamilia: Delphinoidea

Familia: Delphinidae
Genus: Orcinus
Species: O. orca

Name

Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Type locality: E. North Atlantic ("Oceano Europaeo")

Synonymy

• Delphinus orca (protonym)

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL p. 77 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Orcinus orca in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Links

• Smithsonian Institution - North American Mammals: Orcinus orca (archived copy)

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Moordvis
العربية: حوت قاتل
azərbaycanca: Orka
беларуская (тарашкевіца): Касатка
беларуская: Касатка
български: Косатка
བོད་ཡིག: སྟག་ཆུ་སྲིན།
brezhoneg: Skoazog
català: Orca
čeština: Kosatka dravá
dansk: Spækhugger
Deutsch: Schwertwal
Ελληνικά: Όρκα,Φάλαινα δολοφόνων
English: Killer Whale
Esperanto: Granda orcino
español: Orca
euskara: Orka, ezpalarta
فارسی: نهنگ قاتل
suomi: Miekkavalas
føroyskt: Bóghvítuhvalur
français: Orque épaulard
Gaeilge: Cráin dhubh
galego: Candorca
客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî: Fú-kîn
עברית: קטלן
hrvatski: Orka
magyar: Kardszárnyú delfin
Bahasa Indonesia: Paus pembunuh
Iñupiatun: Aaġlu
íslenska: Háhyrningur
italiano: orca
日本語: シャチ
ქართული: ცელნამგალა ვეშაპი
қазақша: Косатка
kalaallisut: Aarluk
한국어: 범고래
Limburgs: Orka
lietuvių: Orka
latviešu: Zobenvalis
македонски: Кит убиец
മലയാളം: കൊലയാളി തിമിംഗലം
монгол: Алуурчин халим
ဘာသာမန်: ကဗံၚ်ဗှ်ဂစိုတ်
Bahasa Melayu: Paus pembunuh
Nederlands: Orka
norsk nynorsk: Spekkhoggar
Novial: Orcinus orca
norsk: Spekkhogger
Diné bizaad: Łóóʼtsoh łizhin dóó łigaígíí
polski: Orka
پنجابی: کلر وہیل
português: Orca
română: Orcinus orca
русский: Косатка
sicilianu: Orca
davvisámegiella: Fahkon
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Orka
slovenčina: Kosatka dravá
slovenščina: Orka
shqip: Orka
српски / srpski: Кит убица
svenska: Späckhuggare
தமிழ்: ஓர்க்கா திமிங்கலம்
తెలుగు: ఓర్కా
ไทย: วาฬเพชฌฆาต
Tagalog: Orka
Türkçe: Katil balina
українська: Косатка
Tiếng Việt: Cá hổ kình
吴语: 杀人鲸
閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú: Hó͘-keng
粵語: 殺人鯨
中文: 虎鯨

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