Bigg's Killer Whale

Orcinus rectipinnus

Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Delphinidae
Genus: Orcinus
IUCN status: NE
Distribution: Mexico|United States|Canada|Russia|Japan
Realm: Marine

Other names: Orca|Transient Killer Whale

About this species

Bigg's Killer Whale (Orcinus rectipinnus) is the catalogue name used here for the mammal-eating transient killer-whale lineage. Current Society for Marine Mammalogy treatment places it within Orcinus orca rather than accepting it as a separate species (SMM 2026 taxonomy).

Description: Wildlife of Japan guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com)

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Bigg's Killer Whale — PUBLIC DOMAIN — Allen Shimada NOAA/NMFS/OST/AMD. — via Wikimedia Commons (source)