{"id":54095,"date":"2021-02-04T15:55:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T16:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?p=54095"},"modified":"2022-12-07T17:34:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T18:34:04","slug":"is-the-orca-a-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/is-the-orca-a-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Orca a whale? Are dolphins considered whales?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While all whales, dolphins and porpoises fall under the order of <em>Cetacea,&nbsp;<\/em>the orca\u2019s teeth are what classify them under the suborder&nbsp;<em>Odontoceti,<\/em>&nbsp;making them \u201ctoothed whales\u201d, what makes us think, \u201cIf they\u2019re toothed whales, doesn\u2019t that make them whales?\u201d Well, they are classified as toothed whales because of their suborder, but their specific&nbsp;<em>family&nbsp;<\/em>under the&nbsp;<em>Odontoceti<\/em>&nbsp;suborder is&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/seagrant.uaf.edu\/marine-ed\/mm\/fieldguide\/cetaceans.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Delphinidae<\/em><\/a>. Therefore, the short answer, and despite its common name (killer whale), the <strong><em>Orcinus orca <\/em>is NOT a whale<\/strong>, it\u2019s part of the <em>Delphinidae<\/em> family, and therefore <strong>it is a dolphin, the biggest of the dolphins on earth<\/strong>. It\u2019s probably the most easily recognizable of all cetaceans and very unlikely to be confused with any other species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/orca.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"54096\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/orca.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=54096\" class=\"wp-image-54096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/orca.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/orca-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/orca-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/orca-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/orca-800x534.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><em>Figure 1: Adult male Orca outside of S\u00e3o Miguel Island, Azores.&nbsp; Photo by: Ida Eriksson &nbsp;<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201ckiller whale\u201d name is believed to have been given by ancient sailors who witnessed these animals preying on whales and the name naturally evolved from \u201cwhale killer\u201d to killer whale. In other countries this name is also used with some variation, like in Spain and Portugal they are called<em>, ballena-asesina<\/em> and b<em>aleia-assassina<\/em>, respectively, which means assassin whale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Orcas, such as other dolphins, display sexual dimorphism, meaning in this case, that the males are larger than the females, it\u2019s fairly easy to distinguish an adult male from a female, since these tend to develop much larger appendages, this includes the pectoral flippers, tail and dorsal fin, which can reach up to 1,8m in size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56490\" width=\"710\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-2.jpg 906w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-2-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-2-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-2-380x277.jpg 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-2-800x583.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Figure 2: Adult male Orca (top) and Adult female Orca (bottom). Note the evident differences in size and shape of the appendages. Illustration by: Ida Eriksson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding its size, as mentioned before, it is a large dolphin, attaining a maximum reported size of 9.8m for males and 8.5m for females, the maximum measured weights are of 6600 kg for a 7.65m male and 4700 kg for a 6.58 female (Yamada et al., 2007).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-3-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-3-800x450.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Figure 3: Adult male Orca breaching outside of S\u00e3o Miguel island, Azores. Note large pectoral flipper typical of mature males. Photo by: Rui Santos<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><br>Orcas are highly intelligent animals, they live in society and use highly effective and cooperative hunting techniques, they are at the top of the food chain and they can feed on seals, dolphins, turtles, whales, or fish. Some described hunting techniques of the orcas show how developed the pods are as a society and include: making waves to knock seals off ice shelfs (Gif below) or impeding other cetaceans from coming to the surface in order to suffocate them.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-gp-pp-container\" style=\"width: 374px; height: 242px\" data-width=\"374\" data-height=\"242\" data-media-id=\"56508\"><img src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wave_orca-3_gif_thumbnail.jpeg\" id=\"wp-gp-pp--id-56508--thumbnail\" class=\"wp-gp-pp-gif-thumbnail\" width=\"374\" height=\"242\" alt=\"\"><img src=\"\" id=\"wp-gp-pp--id-565082893352572\" class=\"wp-gp-pp-gif\" width=\"374\" height=\"242\" alt=\"\"><div class=\"wp-gp-pp-overlay\"> <div class=\"wp-gp-pp-play-button\">GIF<\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n<p>And are also capable of storming beaches in order to catch sea lions and seals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"cs-embed cs-embed-responsive\"><iframe title=\"Orcas attacking a seal (I.Visser)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VyfOp_keW0A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Video Credits: &#8220;<em>Four killer whales in the Antarctic work together to flush their next meal &#8212; a seal &#8212; off an ice floe and into the water. Reproduced courtesy of Dr Ingrid Visser, Orca Research Trust:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orcaresearch.org\/\">http:\/\/www.orcaresearch.org\/<\/a><\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still on the subject of <strong>\u201cwho is which\u201d<\/strong>, many times is asked if a dolphin is considered a whale, a similar situation to the one above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Generally, all the large cetaceans are called whales, no matter what order or family they belong to. Therefore, any Odontoceti member with a big size, might belong to the Delphinidae family, but would be called whale. Following this reasoning, bottlenose dolphins and beaked whales belong to the same taxonomic order (Odontoceti), they have similar physiognomy, but however, the former are considered dolphins while the latter whales. When there is no possible doubt to decide whether it is a dolphin or a whale, is when we are talking about baleen whales. Baleen whales, they all belong to the <em>Mysticeti<\/em> and they all present some characteristics unique to this order. For example, the blowhole: if the animal has two blowholes is a <em>Mysticeti<\/em> (baleen whale), if it only has one blowhole is an <em>Odontoceti<\/em> (toothed Whale).&nbsp; But also remember another useful fact: <strong>all <em>Mysticeti<\/em> are whales, but not all <em>Odontoceti<\/em> are dolphins<\/strong>! For example, the sperm whale and the beaked whales, both belonging to the Odontoceti but yet are whales!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56497\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-4.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56497\" class=\"wp-image-56497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-4.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-4-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-4-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-4-380x255.jpg 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-4-800x536.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56495\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-5.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56495\" class=\"wp-image-56495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-5.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-5-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-5-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-5-380x255.jpg 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/orca-5-800x536.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Figure 5: Orcas blowhole on the left (Odontoceti) and, Sei Whale double blowhole on the right (<em>Mysticeti<\/em>). Photos by: Miranda van der Linde<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Written by Lucas Cidade<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perrin, W. F., W\u00fcrsig, B,. Thewissen, J. G. M., (2009) <em>Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals<\/em>, Academic Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marino, L., Connor, R. C., Fordyce, R. E., Herman, L. M., Hof, P. R., Lefebvre, L., &#8230; &amp; Rendell, L. (2007). <em>Cetaceans have complex brains for complex cognition<\/em>.&nbsp;<em>PLoS biology<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>5<\/em>(5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whitehead&nbsp;H,&nbsp;Rendell&nbsp;L&nbsp;(2015)&nbsp;<em>The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins<\/em>&nbsp;(Univ of Chicago Press,&nbsp;Chicago)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-ocean-conservancy\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"cs-embed cs-embed-responsive\"><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"OOuhaq2Wbz\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oceanconservancy.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/13\/orca-not-whale\/\">Why is an Orca Not a Whale?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Why is an Orca Not a Whale?&#8221; &#8212; Ocean Conservancy\" src=\"https:\/\/oceanconservancy.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/13\/orca-not-whale\/embed\/#?secret=OOuhaq2Wbz\" data-secret=\"OOuhaq2Wbz\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-whale-amp-dolphin-conservation-usa\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"cs-embed cs-embed-responsive\"><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UXJRIA9myX\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.whales.org\/whales-dolphins\/what-are-the-differences-between-whales-dolphins-and-porpoises\/\">What are the differences between whales, dolphins and porpoises?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;What are the differences between whales, dolphins and porpoises?&#8221; &#8212; Whale &amp; Dolphin Conservation USA\" src=\"https:\/\/us.whales.org\/whales-dolphins\/what-are-the-differences-between-whales-dolphins-and-porpoises\/embed\/#?secret=UXJRIA9myX\" data-secret=\"UXJRIA9myX\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iwc.int\/cetacea\">https:\/\/iwc.int\/cetacea<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-nature\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"cs-embed cs-embed-responsive\"><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Nob4WJLWgh\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/nature\/killer-whales-killer-weapon-brain\/11352\/\"> The Killer Whale\u2019s Killer Weapon &#8212; Its Brain<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220; The Killer Whale\u2019s Killer Weapon &#8212; Its Brain&#8221; &#8212; Nature\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/nature\/killer-whales-killer-weapon-brain\/11352\/embed\/#?secret=Nob4WJLWgh\" data-secret=\"Nob4WJLWgh\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/roaring.earth\/killer-whales-hunt-seals\/\">https:\/\/roaring.earth\/killer-whales-hunt-seals\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While all whales, dolphins and porpoises fall under the order of Cetacea,&nbsp;the orca\u2019s teeth are what classify them&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[316,393,327],"tags":[14,183,743,742,184,150,12,744],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is the Orca a whale? 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