Orca
Orcinus orca
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Orcinus orca
- Class
- Mammal
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Oceanic dolphin
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Size
- Huge (over 4 m)
- Active
- Day and night
- Continent
- Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
- Habitat
- Ocean
- Conservation status
- Data deficient
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Despite the name killer whale, it is the largest member of the dolphin family.
- Females can live to 80 or more, long after they stop breeding, and old matriarchs lead their pods.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q26843 · All animals · All entries