Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)

English
Killer Whale; Grampus; Killer-trasher; Orca; Sword grampus; Swordfish

Portuguese
Orca1; Roaz (arch.); Roaz-de-bandeira (arch.)

Norwegian
Spekkhoggar (nynorsk); Spekkhogger (bokmål); Staurhval (bokmål); Staurkval (nynorsk)

North Sámi
Fáhkan

Icelandic
Háhyrningur

Dutch
Orka; Botskop; Zwaardwalvis

Frisian
Orka

German
Schwertwal2

French
Orque3; Épaulard4; Epée de mer; Orque épaulard; Orque gladiateur

Spanish
Orca común; Orca

Catalan
Orca

Italian
Orca

Greek
Όρκα

Delphinus orca from: Bernard O’Reilly, 1818. Greenland, the adjacent seas, and the North-west Passage to the Pacific Ocean, illustrated in a voyage to Davis’s Strait, during the summer of 1817. London. Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 47, Paternoster-Row.
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(Zoo)archaeological sites featuring Orcinus orca

References

  1. Bencatel, J., Álvares, F., Moura, A. E. & Barbosa, A. M. (eds.), 2017. Atlas de Mamíferos de Portugal. Universidade de Évora, Portugal. ↩︎
  2. Harrison, R. & M.M. Bryden, 1988. Wale und Delphine. Jahr-Verlag GmbH & Co., Hamburg. ↩︎
  3. Duguy, R. & D. Robineau, 1973. Cétacés et phoques des côtes de France – Guide d’identification. Annales de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de la Charente-Maritime, Supplément, juin 1973. ↩︎
  4. Duguy, R. & D. Robineau, 1973. Cétacés et phoques des côtes de France – Guide d’identification. Annales de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de la Charente-Maritime, Supplément, juin 1973. ↩︎