Orcininae
Subfamily of mammals
Orcininae is a contested subfamily of oceanic dolphins composed of 1 living and 3 extinct genera. It may be superseded by Delphinidae. Its only extant member is the orca (Orcinus orca); all other extant genera formerly classified in it have been moved out.
The Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Leucopleurus acutus) is sister to all other members of the Delphinidae; within that clade, the Orcininae are sister to all remaining lineages.
01Classification
- Arimidelphis †
- Arimidelphis sorbinii †
- Hemisyntrachelus †
- Hemisyntrachelus cortesii
- Hemisyntrachelus pisanus
- Orcinus
- Platalearostrum †
- Platalearostrum hoekmani †
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- Killerwhales jumping.jpg by Robert Pittman, Public domain
- Orcinus citoniensis.JPG by Ghedoghedo, CC BY-SA 3.0
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