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What is genus of whale?

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mammal

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Living Cellular Life (Cytota) Domain- Eukaryota Kingdom- Animal (Animalia) Phylum- Chordata Class- Mammals (Mammalia) Order- Cetacea Suborder- Odontoceti Family- Delphindae Genus- Orcinus Species- Orcinus orca

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* Domain Eukaryota * Kingdom Animalia * Subkingdom Bilateria * Branch Deuterostomia * Infrakingdom Chordonia * Phylum Chordata * Subphylum Vertebrata * Infraphylum Gnathostomata * Superclass Tetrapoda * Series Amniota * (unranked) Mammaliaformes * Class Mammalia * Subclass Theriiformes * Infraclass Holotheria * Superlegion Trechnotheria * Legion Cladotheria * Sublegion Zatheria * Infralegion Tribosphenida * Supercohort Theria * Cohort Placentalia * Magnorder Epitheria * Superorder Preptotheria * Grandorder Ungulata * Mirorder Eparctocyona * Order Cete* Suborder Cetacea * Infraorder Autoceta * Parvorder Odontoceti * Superfamily Delphinoidea * Family Delphinidae * Subfamily Orcininae * Genus Orcinus * Species Orcinus orca

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The genus of the humpback whale is Megaptera; the species is novaeangliae. So the genus and species together would be Megaptera novaeangliae or M. novaeangliae.

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Genus: Orcinus

Species: O. orca

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Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cete Delphinidae Orcinus Orca

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