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Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus,
1758). Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:77.
©2002 (photo by
B. Stanley; USNM 23004)
ORDER—CETACEA
FAMILY—Delphinidae
COMMON NAME—Killer
whale, orca.
DISTRIBUTION—Worldwide. Sighted only once, in the Sulu Sea (Dolar
& Perrin, 1996).
HABITAT—Found
in almost any marine region, including nearshore, offshore, and oceanic
waters.
The species is known to ascend rivers (Jefferson et al., 1994).
STATUS—Apparently rare in the Philippines.
CITES: Appendix II. IUCN: Insufficiently known (Klinowska, 1991).
©2002 (R. Banasiak)
©2002 (photo by
L. Dolar)
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