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Orca  Wagler, 1830
Taxonomic Serial No.: 770875

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Hyperoodon Lacépède, 1804
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - junior synonym   
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2023   
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hershkovitz, Philip  
  Publication Date: 1966   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Living Whales   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: United States National Museum Bulletin, no. 246   
  Page(s): viii + 259   
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  Notes: Available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7869872   
  Reference for: Orca   
       

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  Comment: Orca Wagler, 1830 is a senior homonym of cetacean genus Orca, Gray 1846 (now a synonym of Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860)  
 

 

    

 
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