Orcinus orca
- Size: Males 6.7 to 7 metres (maximum 9.8 metres); 4,000
to 5,000 kilograms. Females 5.5 to 6.5 metres (maximum 7 metres);
2,500 to 3,000 kilograms,
- Calves at birth: 208 to 276 centimetres.
- Teeth: 1 0 to 1 2 conical teeth on each side of upper
and lower jaws. Food: Fish (salmon, cod, herring and others),
seals, sea lions, squid, sea turtles and sometimes other dolphins
and whales.
- Habitat: Coastal and offshore waters.
- Range: World ocean.
- Status: Population unknown, but probably at least in
the tens of thousands.
Rauno Lauhakangas