Orcinus
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Orcinus is a genus of Delphinidae, the family of carnivorous marine mammals known as dolphins. It includes the largest delphinid species, Orcinus orca, known as the orca or killer whale. Two extinct species are recognised, Orcinus paleorca and O. citoniensis, describing fossilised remains of the genus.[2] The other extinct species O. meyeri is disputed.[3]
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Orcinus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Delphinidae |
Subfamily: | Orcininae |
Genus: | Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860[1] |
Type species | |
Delphinus orca Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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