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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • AFD
Published in:ABRS 2001, "Census of Australian Vertebrates"
Synonym Source
Delphinus orca Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Hershkovitz, P. 1966, "Catalog of living whales", Bulletin of the United States National Museum, vol. 246, viii 1-259
Delphinus grampus Iredale & Troughton, 1933 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1933, "The correct generic name for the Grampus or Killer Whale, and the so-called Grampus or Risso's Dolphin", Records of the Australian Museum, vol. 19, 28-36 p30
Orca tasmanica Gray, 1871 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Gray, J.E. 1871, Supplement to the Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum, xi 109 pp, British Museum, London p92
Common Name Source
Killer Whale Australia Australia
Killer Whale Australia Australia
  • AFD
Name Source
Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted
  • AFD
Identifier Source
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/7f11ef51-9180-45c9-b00b-dc4fb79aab7a Taxon unknown
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/7f11ef51-9180-45c9-b00b-dc4fb79aab7a Taxon current
  • AFD
41116011 CAAB Code current
  • CAAB
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:7f11ef51-9180-45c9-b00b-dc4fb79aab7a Taxon LSID unknown
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/7bb2375c-3ea0-49f8-aba3-9f271042bc10 Scientific Name current
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/7f11ef51-9180-45c9-b00b-dc4fb79aab7a Taxon Concept current
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/70e24bca-b544-4dfc-88e1-f18f119a78b4 Taxon unknown
  • Identifiers from 2023 Taxonomy

Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
Gnathostomata
class
MAMMALIA
subclass
EUTHERIA
order
ARTIODACTYLA
suborder
WHIPPOMORPHA
infraorder
CETACEA
unranked
Odontoceti
family
DELPHINIDAE
genus
Orcinus
species
Orcinus orca
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