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Bigg's orca
Temporal range: ~125 Ka–Recent
Two killer whales jump above the sea surface, showing their black, white and grey colouration. The closer whale is upright and viewed from the side, while the other whale is arching backward to display its underside.
Bigg's orcas near Unimak Island, eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Threatened (COSEWIC)[1]
(Canada population)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
Genus: Orcinus
Species:
Subspecies:
O. o. rectipinnus
Trinomial name
Orcinus orca rectipinnus
Cope in Scammon, 1869
A map of the Northern Pacific showing the range of Resident orcas.
  O. o. ater range
Synonyms

The Bigg's orca (Orcinus orca rectipinnus), also known as Bigg's killer whale or transient killer whale, is a provisional subspecies and proposed species of orca.

  1. ^ Reeves, R.; Pitman, R. L.; Ford, J. K. B. (2017). "Orcinus orca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T15421A50368125. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T15421A50368125.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.