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Orca

The orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale, is a toothed whale and the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. The only extant species in the genus Orcinus, it is recognizable by its distinct pigmentation; being mostly black on top, white on the bottom and having recognizable white eye patches. A cosmopolitan species, it inhabits a wide range of…

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Orca

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Triples489
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related to Works cited · 78
Orca → Academic Press, Archived, Baird, Balcomb, Bannikov, BBC Worldwide, BC, Bibcode, Boran, British Columbia, Bruce, Carwardine, Conservation Plan, Daniel, Elaine Jones, Ellis, Encyclopedia, Ford, Francis, Gil
related to Range and habitat · 39
Orca → Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Antarctic, Antarctica, Arctic, Areas, Argentina, Atlantic, British Columbia, California, Canada, Columbia River, Crozet Islands, Due, Faroe Islands, Fraser River, Gulf, Horikawa River, However, Hudson Strait
related to External links · 28
Orca → Archived April, Archived February, Archived March, Archived November, British ColumbiaSalish Sea Hydrophone, Caught On Drone, Dolphins, HowStuffWorks, Jacob SilvermanVoices, Johnstone Strait, Keep Whales WildWhy, Killer Whale, Killer Whales Charge Blue, Listen, National Geographic, Network Archived July, Orca-Live Archived August, Orcas, Rare Drone Footage, San ClementeOrcas
related to Captivity · 23
Orca → Argentina, Between, Blackfish, Captives, Captivity, Critics, Dolphin Conservation, From, However, Iceland, In, Japan, Live, Minnesota Zoo, Organizations, SeaWorld, That, The, These, Tilikum
related to Whaling · 23
Orca → Aboriginal, Akashi Strait, Antarctic, Between, During, Environment, Extensive, Greenland, Harimanada, Indonesia, International Whaling Commission, Japan, Japanese, Ministry, Norway, Once, Other, Seto Inland Sea, Such, Taiwan
related to Life cycle · 19
Orca → According, Female, Females, Gestation, Granny, In, It, J2, L25, Males, Mortality, Mothers, Ocean Sun, One, Orcas, Some, Southern Resident Orca, The, Weaning
related to Taxonomy · 19
Orca → Although, Atlantic, Bay, Carl Linnaeus, Cephalorhynchus, Conrad Gessner, Delphinidae, Greifswald, Historia, However, In, Lagenorhynchus, Leucopleurus, Lissodelphininae, Orcaella, Orcinus, Piscium, Systema Naturae, The
related to Mammals and birds · 18
Orca → Arctic, By, Caribbean, Dall's, For, Iceland, Large, Larger, Nevertheless, On, Orcas, Pacific, Peru, Pods, There, They, Western Australia, While
related to Conservation · 17
Orca → Blubber, Conservation, Depletion, England, European, In, In January, International Union, IUCN, Like, Nature, Norwegian Arctic, PCB, PCBs, Science, Wales, Washington
related to Fish · 17
Orca → Carousel, Chinook, Chum, Competition, Depletion, Fish-eating, Greenland, In, In New Zealand, Norwegian, Orcas, Pacific, Salmon, Some, The, They, While

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orcas species whales whale prey also may resident killer marine sea populations wild years one pods coast pacific types groups

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Orcais aonly extant species recognized in the genus Orcinus and one of many species originally described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae0.90text
sealsinstance ofand marine mammals0.80text
dolphinsinstance ofand marine mammals0.80text
and whalesinstance ofand marine mammals0.80text
nicksinstance ofVariations0.80text
scratchesinstance ofVariations0.80text
and tears on the dorsal fininstance ofVariations0.80text
the pattern of white or grey in the saddle patch are uniqueinstance ofVariations0.80text
common dolphinsinstance ofusually smaller dolphins and porpoises0.80text
bottlenose dolphinsinstance ofusually smaller dolphins and porpoises0.80text
Pacific white-sided dolphinsinstance ofusually smaller dolphins and porpoises0.80text
dusky dolphinsinstance ofusually smaller dolphins and porpoises0.80text

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