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Orcas are almost certainly several different species as well, but they remain officially classified as one until scientists agree on how to divide them up.

• thaumasiotes 4y ago
  I thought orcas were traditionally divided into three types. There is no standard for what is or isn't a "species". But it doesn't matter at all; the difference between the taxonomic level of "sharks" and the taxonomic level of "orcas" is unimaginably large regardless of what you want to call the levels.
  • oefnak 4y ago
    I thought the standard was that they had to produce fertile offspring.
    • thaumasiotes 4y ago
      Not at all. Without even mentioning plants and bacteria, wolves are canis lupus and dogs are canis familiaris. But interfertility is often a bigger problem between two types of dog than it is between a dog and a wolf.