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Taxon: Genus Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860 (mammal)
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Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
               Subclass Eutheria Gill, 1872 see Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                 Order Cetacea Brisson, 1762 - whales, dolphins, and porpoises see Infraorder Cetacea Brisson, 1762
                   Suborder Odontoceti Flower, 1867 - toothed whales see Parvorder Odontoceti Flower, 1867
                     Superfamily Delphinoidea Gray, 1821
                       Family Delphinidae Gray, 1821 - oceanic dolphins
                         Subfamily Orcininae Wagner, 1846
                           Genus Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860 - killer whale
                             Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - killer whale

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