2006-09-25 14:01:40 · 7 answers · asked by Dongteng K 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
No, they are a species in their own right. Are you asking because even though they're in the dolphin family they're called killer whales? That name was originally "whale killers" because they prey on whales (as well as seals, fish, etc.), but it got switched somewhere along the line.
Dolphins and whales are in the same order, cetacea, which is broken into suborders of toothed and baleen whales.
2006-09-25 16:33:02 · answer #1 · answered by candy2mercy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a wolphin. It is part False Killer Whale, Pseudorca crassidens, and part common bottlenose dolphin.
2006-09-28 12:52:39 · answer #2 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Killer whales (Orcas) are part of the Dolphin family, and in no way are they part whale/dolphin even though they are quite large...
2006-09-25 21:04:18 · answer #3 · answered by mcdonaldcj 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. They're the largest member of the dolphin family.
2006-09-25 21:16:36 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
never heard that. Aren't most hybrids infertile?
2006-09-25 21:04:52 · answer #5 · answered by pecora2404 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes -- they're part pomeranian and part aardvark.
2006-09-25 21:58:37 · answer #6 · answered by stevewbcanada 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
no
2006-09-25 21:09:19 · answer #7 · answered by kissie623 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋