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A chordate is an animal with a spinal cord. Killer whales have spinal cords and are chordates.

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Are killer whales chordates?

Yes. They belong to the order chordata.


What phylum are killer whales in?

Killer whales belong to the phylum Chordata, which includes all vertebrates with a notochord or backbone.


What phylum does the whale belong to?

Whales belong to the phylum Chordata.


What phylum is killer whale?

Killer whales, also known as orcas, belong to the phylum Chordata. This phylum is characterized by animals that possess a notochord, a dorsal hollow nerve cord, and pharyngeal slits at some stage of development. Within Chordata, killer whales are part of the class Mammalia, order Cetacea, and family Delphinidae.


What Phylum does the killer whale belong to?

chordata


What taxonomic classifications do panthers and killer whales have in common?

Panthers and Orcas diverge at Infraclass Eutheria(Panthers to Order Carnivora, Orcas to Order Cetacea).


Are blue whales in the same family as a killer whale?

No, they are certainly not. Blue whales and killer whales both belong to the same order: Cetacea, the order of the whales. Though that's where the liking stops. Because Killer whales belong to the suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales) and Blue whales belong to the suborder Mysticeti (baleen whales).


What order do killer whales belong to?

Whales are mammals. That is they suckle their young.


What phylum does a killer whale belong to?

The killer whale (also kown as the orca) belongs to the phylum Chordate (Chordata).


What phylum do dolphins belong to?

Chordata.


Does the killer whale have a back bone?

Yes. Whales are in Class Placenta, Subphylum Vertebrata, Phylum Chordata.


What is the phylum and class of whales?

The phylum of whales is Chordata, which means it has a backbone. The class of whales is Mammalia, meaning it is a mammal. The order of whales is cetacea, which includes the whales and dolphins.