Sealife guideThe false killer whalePseudorca crassidens
Last updated on 01/22/2026 at 10:06 PM
Taxonomy
English names
False killer whale
French namesFaux-orque
Spanish namesFalsa orca
Scientific namePseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846)
FamilyDelphinidae
OrderCetacea
ClassMammalia
Did you know ?
The false killer whale is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The false killer whale appears in the IUCN Red List since 2018 within the category Near Threatened !
The false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)
Within the same family
Atlantic spotted dolphinStenella frontalis
Atlantic white-sided dolphinLeucopleurus acutus
Commerson's dolphinCephalorhynchus commersonii
Common bottlenose dolphinTursiops truncatus
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphinSousa chinensis
Short-beaked common dolphinDelphinus delphis
Short-finned pilot whaleGlobicephala macrorhynchus
Spinner dolphinStenella longirostris
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