Killer Whale
Temporal range: Miocene, 12 million years ago-Present Day
CONSERVATION STATUS
Data Deficient (DD)
CLASSIFICATIONS
Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)
Phylum: Chordates (Chordata)
Superclass: Tetrapods (Tetrapoda)
Clade: Amniotes (Amniota)
Clade: Synapsids (Synapsida)
Clade: Therapsids (Therapsida)
Clade: Cynodonts (Cynodontia)
Clade: Eucynodonts (Eucynodontia)
Clade: Mammaliamorph (Mammaliamorpha)
Clade: Mammaliaformes (Mammaliaformes)
Class: Mammals (Mammalia/Mammalians)
Subclass: Theria (Theria)
Clade: Eutheria (Eutheria)
Infraclass: Placentals (PlacentaliaPlacentalians)
Magnorder: Neoplacentals (Neoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Superorder: Laurasiatheroglires (Laurasiatheroglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019) (down below here)
Grandorder: Laurasiatheres (Laurasiatheria)
Clade: Ferungulates (Ferungulata)
Mirorder: Ungulates (Ungulata)
Clade: Euungulates (Euungulata)
Clade: Artiodactylamorph (Artiodactylamorpha)
Order: Even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla/Cetartiodactyla)
Clade: Artiofabula (Artiofabula)
Clade: Cetruminantians (Cetruminantia)
Clade: Cetancodontamorph (Cetancodontamorpha)
Clade: Cetaceopterygian (Cetaceopterygia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, Pearl The Sperm Whale, Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, SpongeBob SquarePants and Sandy Cheeks, Porky Pig and Petunia Pig, Davy The Whale, 2021)
Suborder: Whippomorph (Whippomorpha)
Clade: Cetaceamorph (Cetaceamorpha)
Infraorder: Cetacean (Cetaceans/Cetacea)
Clade: Eucetaceamorph (Eucetaceamorpha) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Clade: Eucetaceaformes (Eucetaceaformes) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Clade: Eucetaceans (Eucetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Clade: Pelagicete (Pelagiceti)
Clade: Neocete (Neoceti)
Parvorder: Toothed Whales (Odontoceti)
Clade: Delphinida (Delphinida)
Superfamily: Dolphins (Delphinoidea)
Family: Oceanic Dolphins (Delphinidae)
Subfamily: Blackfish Whale (Orcininae)
Tribe: Orcinini (Orcinini (Sandy Cheeks, 2014)
Genus: Orcinus Whale (Orcinus) (Fitzinger, 1860)
Speices: Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) (Carolus Linnaeus, 1758) (originally as "Delphinus orca")
NEOPLACENTALIA SYNONYMS
Neoplacentals (Neoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Neotheres (Neotheria) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Exarchontoplacentals (Exarchontoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Exprimatoplacentals (Exprimatoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
LAURASIATHEROGLIRES SYNONYMS
Cetoglires (Cetoglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Supracetaceans (Supracetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Cetaceoglires (Cetaceoglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Supralaurasiatheres (Supralaurasiatheria) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Supracetes (Supraceti) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Cetolagomorph (Cetolagomorpha) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Lagocetaceans (Lagocetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Lagocetes (Lagoceti) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Cetorodents (Cetorodentia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
PELAGICETI SYNONYMS
Neocetaceamorph (Neocetaceamorpha) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Neocetaceaformes (Neocetaceaformes (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
NEOCETI SYNONYMS
Neocetaceans (Neocetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
CETOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Living: Worldwide
Diets: Carnivores they hunting and preying on cephalopods such as squids, octopuses, cuttlefishes; crustaceans such as crabs and lobsters; fishes such as sharks, rays, chimaeras, other fishes; reptiles such as sea turtles, nessie plesiosaurs, U28 mosasaurs; seabirds; other mammals such as sea cows, pinnipeds, deers, other cetaceans such as cryptid cetaceans
Other name: Orca, Orca Whale, Wolf Whale, Orca Dolphin, Wolf Dolphin
Size: 31-43 feet long
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Details
Published:
1 year ago
23 Mar 2025 12:55 CET
Initial: 6377c6dcfcfe3da671b1d718ec1eab77
Full Size: caaa9ef4c91376745031821ce9d28038
Large: 6f1f8ce433c7c192ae48cbcacdc864e3
Small: 62616f8f6721aa856e2e16008714f5b3
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