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Research done by the Center for Whale Research, Transient Killer Whale Project, and Bay Cetology
Photo Credit: Center for Whale Research
Photo Credit: Adam Ü
T071 Bonkers
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
T071B Hood
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue of Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales From Coastal Waters of British Columbia, Northern Washington, and Southeastern Alaska
T071A Hopkins
Photo Credit: Orca Behavior Institute
T071B1 Zengo
T071 Matriline
T071 Matriline
Current Matriarch: T071 Bonkers
Number of Individuals: 10 (7 living- 3 female, 3 male, 1 unknown gender; 3 deceased- 1 female, 2 unknown gender)
T071 Bonkers (Female; 1980)
T071A Hopkins (Female; 1995-2013 (18))
T071A1 (Unknown; 2013-2013 (<1))
T071B Hood (Female; 2000)
T071B1 Zengo (Female; 2013)
Temporarily dispersed from the matriline in 2024 but returned in 2025
T071B2 Tasli/Nemo (Male; 2018)
Is missing his left pectoral fin. Temporarily dispersed from the matriline in 2024 but returned in 2025
T071B3 (Unknown; 2024-2024 (<1))
T071C Jared (Male; 2007)
Has a smear of large freckles on the right side of their jaw underneath his jaw notch
T071D Heise (Hay-zuh) (Male; 2011)
T071E Sutton (Unknown; 2017)
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
T071B2 Tasli/Nemo
Photo Credit: James Willson
T071B3
Photo Credit: Adam Ü
T071C Jared
Photo Credit: Adam Ü
T071D Heise
Photo Credit: Adam Ü
T071E Sutton
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