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Taxon: Species Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - killer whale (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Original name Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 77.
Original rank
Subsequent generic combination
Original spelling

Types

Type, by original designation, ofOrcinus (Genus) Fitzinger, 1860

Combinations

BasionymDelphinus orca Linnaeus, 1758

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full namezwaardwalvis Ref: 1992
orka Ref: 1992

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namekiller whale Ref: 1994
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