Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Cetartiodactyla > Suborder Cetancodonta > Infraorder Cetacea > Superfamily Odontoceti > Family Delphinidae > Genus Orcinus

Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Orcinus*	Fitzinger, 1860	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Afrikaans: moordvis

Aleutian: aguluk; dukulad

Auns: nookur

Bokmål (Norwegian): spekkhogger sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: kosаtkа; Косатка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Catalan: orca

Chukchi (Louravetlany): musonkjgyssiak

Chukot: musonkjgyssiak

Czech: kosatka dravá

Danish: ornswin; spaekhogger; spækhugger; svaerdval; tandthoye sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: botskop; orca; orka; zwaardwalvis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: grampus; killer whale; killer-trasher; orca; sword grampus sources: Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber. 1993. Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species Identification Guide. Rome. 312 p.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Killer Whale sources: Charles Hussey

Euskera: ezpalarta; orka

Faroese: bovhidehval

French: dorque; epaulard; epée de mer; orque; orque épaulard; orque gladiateur

German: großer Schwertwal; Orca; Schwertwal sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Όρκα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greenlandic: ardlursark; ardlyk

Icelandic: fann-fiskar-hydengen; haa-hirningur; hahyrna; hahyrningur; huyding; sverdfiscur

Indonesian: paus pemangsa; seguni

Inuktitut: adluk

Italian: orca sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: sadshi; sakamata; taka; takamatsu

Kalaallisut: ardlursark; ardlyk

Korean: beom-gorae; innuatu

Lithuanian: orka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Malagasi: trozona mpamond

Norwegian: hvalhund; spaekhogger; spekkhogger; spekkhugger; starhyn ning; staurhval; stourvaga; stourvagn; vaghund; van hund sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: spekkhogger sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:77

Norwegian Nynorsk: spekkhoggar sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:77

Nynorsk (Norwegian): spekkhoggar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: orka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Portuguese: baleia asesina; orca; roaz-de-bandeira

Russian: kasatka; kosatka; или кит убийца; косатка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: pictwale

Slovenian: orka sources: Davorin Tome

Spanish, Castillian: ballena asesina; ballena pinta; ballena quila; bufeo de mascarilla; cahuel-huaique; delfin gigante; espadarte; machete; moscote; orca; orca común; orca verdadera sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: löpare; opare; spackhuggare; späckhuggare; svärdfisk; tunnlik tumlare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Thai: plawan phechakhat

Turkish: katil balina sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Косатка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: lleiddiad; orca gwryw sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Yupik: mesungesak

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Animal Diversity Web.
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
additional source	IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
additional source	Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
additional source	Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Carwardine, M., E. Hoyt, R. E. Fordyce and P. Gill. 1998. Whales, dolphins and porpoises. Time-Life Books. Nature Company Guides, USA. 288 p.
additional source	Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.
additional source	Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4.
additional source	Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259.
additional source	Heyning, J. E. and M. E. Dahlheim. (1988). Orcinus orca. Mammalian Species 304:1--9.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK
Barcode of Life (66 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (167 publications)
GenBank (107929 nucleotides; 25900 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Perrin, W. (2014). Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Perrin, W.F. (2014) World Cetacea Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137102