Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Alternative spelling: Orca (Orcaella)

Synonym: Orcella Anderson 1871

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1866. Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum 1-402

Parent taxon: Delphinidae according to J. H. Geisler et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Anacharsis, Australodelphis, Catodontina, Delphininae, Etruridelphis, Globicephalinae, Lagenorhynchina, Lagenorhynchus, Leucopleurus, Lissodelphininae, Monoceratina, Orcaellinae, Orcina, Orcininae, Orcinus, Septidelphis, Steno, Stenonina, Stenoninae

Subtaxa: Orcaella brevirostris, Orcaella heinsohni

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Type: Orca (Orcaella) brevirostris

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore