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Orca ??? ???????: Early Pliocene - Recent
Transient Orcas near Unimak Island , eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska
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Size comparison against an average human
Conservation status
Data Deficient  ( IUCN 3.1 )
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Kingdom:	Animal ia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammal ia
Order:	Cetacea
Suborder:	Odontoceti
Family:	Delphinidae
Genus:	Orcinus
Species:	O. orca
Binomial name
Orcinus orca Linnaeus , 1758
Orca range (in blue)

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• Orca-Live Archived 2000-08-15 at the Wayback Machine - Orcas in Johnstone Strait, British Columbia
• CNN: Clash of the Titans Archived 2008-10-26 at the Wayback Machine October 8, 1997 - Orca killing a Great White Shark
• Monterey Bay Whale Watch Photos: Killer Whales Attacking Gray Whales
• Residents of the Pacific Northwest (general info from The Whale Museum)
• Residents of Southern Alaska (research)
• Southern Residents (Human-Orca Interaction)
• Research project studying Killer whales in the Norwegian Arctic
• New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Antarctic Orca research
• Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society

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