R1 Pod

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Photo Credit to Cliff Ryan

R2 Matriline

Current Matriarch: None, this matriline died out

Number of Individuals: 4 (0 living; 4 deceased- 1 female, 3 male)

R6 Camaano/Banana (Male; ~1954-2000 (~46))
- Presumed brother of R2, father of C8
R2 Bonilla (Female; ~1937-2005 (~68))
- Presumed sister of R6
- R3 Nigei/Malmsbury (Male; ~1954-2013 (~59))
  - Father of A26, A56, and A60. Named after Nigei Island. Nigei may originate from the Kwak̓wala word, na̱ge, meaning "mountain"
- R12 Kitlope/Felix (Male; ~1969-2019? (~50?))
  - Father of A61. Death year is unknown, but is based off of the first ID catalog where he was listed as deceased (2019). Named after the Kitlope River. Kitlope is the Ts'msyen (Tsimshian) name for the people who lived there, meaning "the people of the rocks"

Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State

R6 Camaano/Banana

Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State

R2 Bonilla

Photo Credit: Northern Resident Killer Whales of British Columbia: Photo-identification Catalogue and Population Status to 2010

R3 Nigei/Malmsbury

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2014

R12 Kitlope/Felix

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R5 Gardner

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R30 Katya

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R31

Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State

R21

Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State

R19

Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State

R20

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R18 Gisborne

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R25 Towers

R5 Matriline

Current Matriarch: R4 Noon, R18 Gisborne, R22 Malleson

Number of Individuals: 49 (47 living- 16 female, 10 male, 21 unknown gender; 7 deceased- 2 female, 2 male, 3 unknown gender)

R5 Gardner (Female; ~1951-2024 (~73))
- R4 Noon (Female; ~1965)
  - R22 Malleson (Female; 1984)
    - R22 and her offspring have dispersed from the rest of the matriline
    - R29 Neva (Female; 1994)
      - R48 (Female; 2006)
        R72 (Unknown; 2019)
      - R54 (Female; 2010)
        R82 (Unknown, 2022)
      - R63 (Unknown; 2015)
      - R73 (Unknown; 2019)
      - R90 (Unknown; 2024)
    - R35 (Female; 1998)
      - R55 (Female; 2010)
        R85 (Unknown; 2023)
      - R65 (Unknown; 2015)
      - R74 (Unknown; 2019)
    - R39 Wade (Female; 2001)
      - R59 (Unknown; 2013)
      - R69 (Unknown; 2018)
      - R87 (Unknown; 2023)
    - R44 (Male; 2004)
    - R50 Kriya (Female; 2007)
      - R68 (Male; 2018)
      - R86 (Unknown; 2023)
    - R58 (Female; 2011)
      - R88 (Unknown; 2023)
    - R66 (Female; 2015)
    - R78 (Unknown; 2021)
  - R26 Porpoise (Male; 1988)
  - R28 Kasiana (Male; 1992-2018 (26))
  - R33 (Male; 1995)
  - R36 (Male; 1998)
    - Dorsal fin tip started to curl to the right sometime between 2018 and 2022
  - R41 (Female; 2002)
    - R61 (Unknown; 2014)
    - R79 (Unknown; 2021)
- R18 Gisborne (Female; ~1968)
  - Presumed daughter of R5. R18 and her offspring have dispersed from the rest of the matriline
  - R21 (Male; 1982-2002 (20))
  - R25 Towers (Male; 1987)
  - R37 (Male; 1999)
  - R46 (Male; 2004)
- R19 (Unknown; 1975-1986 (11))
- R20 (Female; 1979-2003 (24))
  - R31 (Male; 1997)
- R24 Moran (Female; 1987)
  - R32 (Unknown; 1996-1997 (1))
  - R40 (Female; 2001)
    - R62 (Unknown; 2014)
    - R80 (Unknown; 2021)
  - R45 (Unknown; 2004-2005 (1))
  - R51 (Female; 2008)
  - R56 (Unknown; 2011)
  - R64 (Unknown; 2015)
  - R81 (Unknown; 2021)
- R30 Katya (Male; 1994)

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R37

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R46

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R24 Moran

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R40

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R62

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R80

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R51

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R56

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R64

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R81

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R4 Noon

Photo Credit: Delaney Murphy

R26 Porpoise

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2014

R28 Kasiana

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R33

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R36

Photo Credit: Delaney Murphy

R41

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R61

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R79

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R22 Malleson

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R44

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R78

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R58

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R66

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R50 Kriya

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R68

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R39 Wade

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R59

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R69

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R35

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R55

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R65

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R74

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R29 Neva

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R73

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R63

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R54

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R82

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R48

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R72

R7 Matriline

Current Matriarch: R13 Kimsquit/Bucareli

Number of Individuals: 7 (4 living- 2 female, 1 male, 1 unknown gender; 3 deceased- 1 female, 1 male, 1 unknown gender)

R7 Principie/Dall (Female; ~1950-2010? (~60?))
- Death year is unknown, but is based off of the first ID catalog where she was listed as deceased (2010)
- R8 (Male; ~1964-1982 (~18))
- R11 (Unknown; ~1973-1975 (~2))
- R13 Kimsquit/Bucareli (Female; 1979)
  - Kimsquit is the Haíɫzax̌v/Heiltsuk word for the Nuxalkmc (Nuxalk) Peoples who lived by the Dean River, meaning "place of the canyon people"
  - R47 Kevin/Refugia (Female; 2005)
    - R71 Elcho (Male; 2019)
  - R57 Eucott (Unknown; 2011)

Photo Credit: Northern resident killer whales in British Columbia. Photo-identification catalogue 2007

R7 Principie/Dall

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019
R13 Kimsquit/Bucareli

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R57 Eucott

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R47 Kevin/Refugia

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R71 Elcho

Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State

R9 Lakata/Angoon

R9 Matriline

Current Matriarch: None, this matriline died out

Number of Individuals: 2 (0 living; 3 deceased- 1 female, 1 male)

R9 Lakata/Angoon (Female; ~1937-2003 (~66));
- R10 (Male; ~1954-1975 (~20))

R1 Matriline

Current Matriarch: None, no female was ever documented with this individual

Number of Individuals: 1 (0 living; 1 deceased- 1 male)

R1 Ridley/Holkham (Male; ~1954-1997 (~43))

Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State

R1 Ridley/Holkham

Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State

R14 Dundas

Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State

R15 Laredo

R14 Matriline

Current Matriarch: None, no female was ever documented with these individuals

Number of Individuals: 2 (0 living; 2 deceased- 2 male)

R14 Dundas (Male; ~1954-1992 (~38))
- Presumed brother of R15
R15 Laredo (Male; ~1966-2003 (~37))
- Presumed brother of R14

R17 Matriline

Current Matriarch: R17

Number of Individuals: 16 (18 living- 6 female, 3 male, 9 unknown gender; 1 deceased- 1 male)

R17 (Female; ~1973)
- R23 (Female; 1985)
  - R23 and her offspring have dispersed from the rest of the matriline
  - R38 Gastineau (Female; 2000)
    - R52 (Female; 2009)
      - R77 (Unknown; 2020)
    - R60 (Unknown; 2013)
    - R75 (Unknown; 2018)
    - R89 (Unknown; 2024)
  - R42 (Female; 2002)
    - R70 (Unknown; 2018)
    - R84 (Unknown; 2022)
  - R49 (Female; 2006)
    - R76 (Unknown; 2019)
  - R53 (Male; 2009)
  - R67 (Unknown; 2016)
  - R83 (Unknown; 2021)
- R27 (Male; 1990-2004 (14))
- R34 Lynn (Male; 1996)
- R43 (Male; 2002)

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R17

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R34 Lynn

Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State

R27

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R43

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R23

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R67

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R53

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R49

Photo Credit: BayCetology

R76

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R42

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R70

Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019

R38 Gastineau

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R52

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R77

Photo Credit: Bay Cetology

R60

Photo Credit: BayCetology

R75

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