Orcinus

Orcinus is a genus of Delphinidae (dolphins), in the clade Cetacea. It includes the largest (and only extant) delphinoid species, Orcinus orca, known as the orca or killer whale. Two extinct species are recognized, Orcinus paleorca and O. citoniensis, known from fossils. The other extinct species O. meyeri is disputed.

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GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderCetacea
FamilyDelphinidae

Habitatmarine

Orcinus es un género de cetáceos odontocetos pertenecientes a la familia Delphinidae,[2] cuya única especie existente es la orca (Orcinus orca).[3] Taxonomía El género Orcinus incluye una especie existente y tres especies extintas:[3] Referencias ↑ Perrin, W. F. (2008). «Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860». Registro Mundial de Especies Marinas (en inglés). Consultado el 20 de marzo de 2016. ↑ Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. (2005). «Orcinus». Mammal Species of the World (en inglés) (3ª edición). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. ↑ a b The Paleobioly Database. «Classification of Orcinus» (en inglés). Consultado el 19 de noviembre de 2010.

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==Taxonomy== The genus Orcinus was published by Leopold Fitzinger in 1860, its type species is the orca named by Linnaeus in 1758 as Delphinus orca. Taxonomic arrangements of delphinids published by workers before and after Fitzinger, such as John Edward Gray as Orca in 1846 and Orca (Gladiator) in 1870, are recognized as synonyms of Orcinus. The descriptions of species as Orcinus glacialis Berzin and Vladimirov, 1983 and Orcinus nanus Mikhalev and Ivashin, 1981 are considered synonyms of Orcinus orca, the existing species of orca.