The orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale, is a toothed whale and the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. It is the only extant species in the...
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Vladimirov, 1983 and Orcinus nanus Mikhalev and Ivashin, 1981 are considered synonyms of Orcinus orca, the existing species of orca. Orcinus means "of the kingdom...
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Around 25,000 orcas are estimated around the Antarctic, and four types have been documented. Two dwarf species, named Orcinus nanus and Orcinus glacialis...
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Orcinus citoniensis is an extinct species of orca identified in the Late Pliocene of Italy and the Early Pleistocene of England. It was smaller than the...
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(Orcinus orca) in Canada". April 27, 2011. National Marine Fisheries Service (2008). "Recovery Plan for Southern Resident Killer Whales (Orcinus orca)"...
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(1977). "A Killer Whale (Orcinus Orca L.) Attacks and Sinks a Sailing Boat" (PDF). Natura. 68 (3–4): 218–220. Hoyt, Erich (2013). Orca: the whale called killer...
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Shawn (2020). "Epimeletic behaviour in a Southern Resident Killer Whale (Orcinus orca)". Canadian Field-Naturalist. 134 (4). doi:10.22621/cfn.v134i4.2555....
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Beginning in 2020, a subpopulation of orcas (Orcinus orca) began ramming boats and attacking their rudders in waters off the Iberian Peninsula. The behaviour...
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(c. December 1981 – 6 January 2017), nicknamed Tilly, was a captive male orca who spent most of his life at SeaWorld Orlando in Florida. He was captured...
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Orcinus meyeri is a fossil species of Orcinus (killer whales) found in the Early Miocene deposits of southern Germany, known from two jaw fragments and...
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