The Killer Whale. taxonomy, ecology, evolutionary history, reproduction, distribution, morphological characteristics, behavioral characteristics, and conservation.

Title: The Killer Whale. taxonomy, ecology, evolutionary history, reproduction, distribution, morphological characteristics, behavioral characteristics, and conservation.
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The Killer Whale. taxonomy, ecology, evolutionary history, reproduction, distribution, morphological characteristics, behavioral characteristics, and conservation.
TAXONOMY AND EVOLUTION <Tab/>Killer whales are in the order Cetacea which includes all dolphins, porpoises, and whales. They belong to the suborder Odontoceti which includes the toothed whales, dophins and porpoises. They belong to the family Delphinidae or the dolphins, and killer whales are the largest of the group. The genus is Orcinus and species is orca. Killer whales had a reputation for being fierce killing machines which is why …showed first 75 words of 2315 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2315 total…Anonymous (1997, no month). Orca/Killer Whale. Marine Mammal Center, http://www.tmmc.org/orca.htm 5. Anonymous (no date). Orca, the Killer 6. Whale,http://www.angelfire.com/wa/nolimit143/index.html 7. Barrett-Lennard, Lance G.; Ford, John K.B.; Heise, Kathy A. (1996, March). 8. Bishop, Ellen Morris (1998, June). Orca research. The Columbian, pp. Clark Coun. 9. Hoversten, Paul (1998, September). 'Killer' whales attack a lot things, but not people. USA Today, pp. 11A. 10. http://groups.msn.com/THEORCADOLPHINADVENTURE/killerwhales1.msnw

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