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Not really. Orcas are not whales, they are actually the largest dolphin in the family.
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Can an orca be called a dolphin?
Orcas are in fact the largest species of dolphin, also known as the killer whale.
What classification is dolphins whales and killer whale in?
Orcas are the largest dolphin of all.
Is the killer whale a rorqual whale?
No its actually a dolphin. If you put it this way and compare them to a whale, they look very different then compare it to a dolphin, the orcas are actually the largest species of dolphins. From a whale saver.
What is a mix of a whale and a dolphin?
Killer Whales or Orcas. They are a lot bigger than most dolphins and their name makes them sound like a whale. They are really a member of the dolphin family.
Is a killer whale a type of dolphin?
My opinion I think a Killer Whale (Orca, Dutch meaning) should be categorized as a whale but the scientific Animalia category the Killer Whale is, is a dolphin. They are also considered the biggest dolphins. Even is the Killer Whales meals are sometimes dolphins they are a dolphin.
Do orcas eat oth orcas?
No, but they do eat other whales. Not dolphins though, that's cannibalism.
What is the biggest dolphin in the world?
Technically the 'Killer Whale', otherwise known as the Orca is the largest species of dolphin.
What is half a dolphin fish?
a killer whale
Which whale black and white?
Killer whales, also known as orcas, are the only black-and-white whales I can think of. In fact, orcas aren't whales at all! They're a member of the dolphin family.
What are three mammals that live in the ocean?
Orcas, Blue Whales, and Fin Whales. There are many more.
How many tipes of dolphins are there?
Atlantic Hump-Backed Dolphin Atlantic Spotted Dolphin Atlantic White Sided Dolphin Black Dolphin Bottlenose Dolphin Clymene Dolphin Commersome's Dolphin Dusky Dolphin False Killer Whale Frasier's Dolphin Heaviside's Dolphin Hector's Dolphin Hourglass Dolphin Indo-Pacific Hump-back Irrawaddy Dolphin Long-finned Pilot Whale Long-Beaked Common Dolphin Long-Snouted Spotted Dolphin Melon Headed Dolphin Northern Right-Whale Dolphin Orcas (Killer Whale) Pantropical Dolphin Pacific-White Sided Dolphin Peale's Dolphin Pygmy Killer Whale Risso's Dolphin Rough Toothed Dolphin Short Finned Pilot Whale Short Beaked Common Dolphin Southern Right Whale Dolphin Striped Dolphin White Beaked Dolphin
Whale species in the arctic?
The bowhead whale is a whale of the arctic. The beluga is a dolphin of the arctic. The narwhal is a porpoise of the arctic.
