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Research done by the Center for Whale Research, Transient Killer Whale Project, and Bay Cetology
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
Photo Credit: Transients: Mammal-Hunting Killer Whales of British Columbia, Washington, and Southeast Alaska
T089 Buck
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
T087 Harbeson
Photo Credit: Transient Killer Whales of British Columbia and Southeast Alaska
T088 Spokane
Photo Credit: Katherine McDermott
T090 Eagle
T088 Matriline
T088 Matriline
Current Matriarch: T090 Eagle
Number of Individuals: 8 (5 living- 3 female, 2 male; 3 deceased- 2 female, 1 unknown gender)
T089 Buck (Female; ~1974-1990 (~16))
T088 Spokane (Female; ~1962-2011 (~49))
May be older than listed, considering T087's birth year
T087 Harbeson (Male; ~1962)
May be younger than is listed. Has a blunt rostrum. Had dispersed from the rest of the group. Was found to be 7.1m (23.29ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study
T090 Eagle (Female; ~1980)
Was found to be 6.8m (22.3ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study. Has a lump of scar tissue at the base from a satellite tag
T090A Eaglet (Unknown; <2006?-<2006? (<1?)
Birth and death years are unknown, but they were born sometime between 1999 and 2006
T090B Piglet (Male; 2006)
Was found to be 7m (22.96ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study
T090C Tigger (Female; 2010)
Was found to be 5.6m (18.37ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study. Has a very pointed dorsal fin
T090D Kanga (Female; 2017)
Was found to be 4.1m (13.45ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study
Photo Credit: Katherine McDermott
T090B Piglet
Photo Credit: Katherine McDermott
T090C Tigger
Photo Credit: Katherine McDermott
T090D Kanga
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