Bigg's orca Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Delphinidae |
Genus: | Orcinus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | O. o. rectipinnus
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Trinomial name | |
Orcinus orca rectipinnus | |
O. o. ater range | |
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The Bigg's orca (Orcinus orca rectipinnus), also known as Bigg's killer whale or transient killer whale, is a provisional subspecies and proposed species of orca.
- ^ Reeves, R.; Pitman, R. L.; Ford, J. K. B. (2017). "Orcinus orca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T15421A50368125. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T15421A50368125.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.