Orcinus

Taxonavigation
Familia: Delphinidae
Subfamilia: Orcininae
Genus:
Species: O. orca – †O. citoniensis – †O. meyeri – †O. paleorca
Name
Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860
- Type species: Delphinus orca Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
- Gladiator J. E. Gray, 1870
- Grampus Iredale & Troughton, 1933
- Ophesia J. E. Gray, 1868
- Ophysia J. E. Gray, 1868
- Orca J. E. Gray, 1846
- Phocaena J. E. Gray, 1846
References
- LeDuc, R.G.; Robertson, K.M.; Pitman, R.L. 2008: Mitochondrial sequence divergence among Antarctic killer whale ecotypes is consistent with multiple species. Biology letters, 4: 426–429. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0168
- Orcinus 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. - The Paleobioly Database 2005: Orcinus citoniensis
- Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Vernacular names
- dansk: Spækhugger
- Deutsch: Großer Schwertwal
- English: Orca
- suomi: Miekkavalaat
- français: Orque
- magyar: Kardszárnyú delfinek
- 日本語: シャチ属
- 한국어: 범고래속
- norsk nynorsk: Spekkhoggar
- svenska: Späckhuggare
- ไทย: วาฬเพชฌฆาต, วาฬออร์กา
- Türkçe: Katil balina