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Research done by the Center for Whale Research, Transient Killer Whale Project, and Bay Cetology
T118 Matriline
T118 Matriline
Current Matriarch: T118, T121A (Matrilines considered separate due to group splitting, despite family ties)
Number of Individuals: 8 (4 living- 1 female, 1 male, 2 unknown gender; 4 deceased- 2 female, 2 unknown gender)
T118 (Female; 1960-2021 (61))
T070/M25 Capilano (Male; ~1970)
T121 (Female; 1983-2008? (25?))
Death year is unknown but is based off of the last known mention of her
T121A (Female; 1998)
Matriline has dispersed from the rest of the group
T121A1 Fortune (Unknown; 2015-2015 (<1))
T121A2 (Unknown; 2018)
T121A3 (Unknown; 2024)
T121B (Unknown; 2003-2008? (5?))
Death year is unknown but is based off of the last known mention of them
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue, Population Status, and Distribution of Bigg’s Killer Whales known from Coastal Waters of British Columbia, Canada
T118
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue, Population Status, and Distribution of Bigg’s Killer Whales known from Coastal Waters of British Columbia, Canada
T070/M25 Capilano
Photo Credit: Transient Killer Whales of British Columbia and Southeast Alaska
T121
Photo Credit: Tomis Filipovic
T121A
Photo Credit: John Forde
T121A1 Fortune
Photo Credit: Tomis Filipovic
T121A2
Photo Credit: Tomis Filipovic
T121A3
Photo Credit: Transient Killer Whales of British Columbia and Southeast Alaska
T121B
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