MAMMALIA : Cetartiodactyla : DelphinidaeMAMMALS

Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Killer whale

Distribution Map from NBN: Orcinus orca at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Orcinus orca at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

GBIF data for Orcinus orca

WoRMS: Orcinus orca at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758). AphiaID: 137102.

Classification: Biota; Animalia; Chordata; Vertebrata; Gnathostomata; Tetrapoda; Mammalia; Theria; Cetartiodactyla; Cetancodonta; Cetacea; Odontoceti; Delphinidae; Orcinus

 Picton, B.E., Keatley, L. & Morrow, C.C. (2025). Orcinus orca. (Linnaeus, 1758). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
https://www2.habitas.org.uk/marbiop-ni/speciesaccounts.php?item=ZK690. Accessed on 2026-07-28