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Dolphins

               Killer Whale

                       (Orcinus orca)

A group of these whales have been seen preying on a sperm       KINGDOM
whale in the Arabian Sea                                        Animalia
Very distinctive for its black color with white patch over the
eyes, chin, chest, belly up to the sides                        PHYLUM
                                                                Chordata
Feeds on fish, other marine mammals, birds and turtles
Found in deep waters of the Arabian Sea, the Sea of Oman,       CLASS
and the rest seas of the Arabian Peninsula                      Mammalia
9.8m long
Approximately 10,000kg weight                                   ORDER
                                                                Cetartiodactyla

                                                                FAMILY
                                                                Delphinidae

                                                                GENUS
                                                                Orcinus

                                                                DD  Data Deficient
                                                                    (2017)

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