Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank SPECIES Published in Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.77 Classification kingdom Animalia phylum Chordata class Mammalia order Cetacea family Delphinidae genus Orcinus species Orcinus orca Name Synonyms Delphinus duhameli Lacepede, 1804 Delphinus gladiator Bonnaterre, 1789 Delphinus grampus Blainville, 1817 Delphinus grampus Desmarest, 1817 Delphinus orca Linnaeus, 1758 Delphinus orca ensidoratus Kerr, 1792 Delphinus serra Borowski, 1780 Delphinus victorini Grill, 1858 Grampus orca Iredale & Troughton, 1933 Grampus rectipinna Scheffer, 1942 Grampus vectipinna Branson, 1971 Ophysia pacifica Gray, 1870 Orca africana Gray, 1871 Orca antarctica Fischer, 1876 Orca ater Cope, 1869 Orca ater fusca Dall, 1874 Orca atra Gray, 1871 Orca capensis Gray, 1846 Orca eschrichtii Reinhardt, 1866 Orca glacialis Berzin & Vladimirov, 1982 Homonyms Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) Common names Epaulard in English Epaulard in French Killer Whale in English Killer Whale in English Killer Whale in English Killer Whale in English Killer Whale in English Killer Whale in English Killer whale in language. Orca in English Orca in language. Orca in language. Orca comun in Spanish Orca comun in Spanish Orca gigante | orca in Spanish Schwertwal in English Schwertwal in German Schwertwal in German Spækhugger in Danish killer whale in language. killer whale in English orca in English orca in English orca in English orque in French zwaardwalvis, orka in Dutch epaulard in French epaulard in French 虎鯨 in Chinese Killer Whale in English Killer Whale in English Killer Whale in English Orka in Dutch Zwaardwalvis in Dutch fahkan in Northern Sami orka in Dutch spackhuggare in Swedish Epaulard in French Espadarte in Spanish Grampus in English Killer-Trasher in English Lleiddiad in Welsh Lleiddiaid in Welsh Orca in Spanish Orca in Dutch Orca in German Orca in English Orca (Killer Whale) in English Orca (Killer Whale) in English Orka in Dutch Bibliographic References Animal Diversity Web. <em>University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.</em> Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. 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