Killer whale

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85072329
- info:lc/authorities/sh85072329
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85072329#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Blackfish (Orcinus orca)
- Grampus orca
- Orca
- Orca orca
- Orcinus orca
Broader Terms
- Orcinus
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb12350862r
Sources
- found: Corbet, G.B. World list mamm. species, 1991: p. 119 (Orcinus orca, Killer whale)
- found: Tinker, S.W. Whales of the world, 1988: p. 188 (Killer whale, Orcinus orca)
- found: Random House (Killer whale, esp. Orcinus orca)
- found: Wikipedia, June 14, 2010 (killer whale (Orcinus orca); commonly referred to as the orca and less commonly: blackfish)
- found: Animal diversity WWW site, June 14, 2010 (Orcinus orca; killer whale (also: orca))
- notfound: Web. 3
LC Classification
- QL737.C432
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2010-07-15: revised

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