Photo Credit: Jackie Hildering
Photo Credit: Jared Towers
T139
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue, Population Status, and Distribution of Bigg’s Killer Whales known from Coastal Waters of British Columbia, Canada
T140
Photo Credit: Transients: Mammal-Hunting Killer Whales of British Columbia, Washington, and Southeast Alaska
T138
Photo Credit: Gary Sutton
T140B
Current Matriarch: T139, T140 (Matrilines considered separate due to group splitting, despite family ties)
Number of Individuals: 11 (8 living- 3 female, 1 male, 4 unknown gender; 3 deceased- 1 male, 2 unknown gender)
T139 (Female; <1973)
Presumed mother of T138, T140, and T141
T138 (Male; ~1967-~1993? (~26?))
Death year is unknown, but is based off of the last known mention of him. Presumed son of t139
T140 (Female; ~1983)
Matriline has dispersed from the rest of the group. Presumed daugther of T139
T140A (Unknown; 1973-? (?))
T140B (Male; 2004)
T140C (Unknown; 2008)
T141 (Female; 1989)
Presumed daughter of T139
T141A (Unknown; 2002-2004-~2012? (~8-~10?))
Death year is unknown, but is based off of the last known mention of them. Dorsal fin was folded at an almost 90 degree angle to the left. Birth year is officially listed as 2004, but mentions of a T141A appear in 2002, so I've also listed that year as their birth year, resulting in a range of birth years and ages
T141B (Unknown; 2012)
T141C (Unknown; 2017)
T141D (Unknown; 2022)
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue, Population Status, and Distribution of Bigg’s Killer Whales known from Coastal Waters of British Columbia, Canada
T140C
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue, Population Status, and Distribution of Bigg’s Killer Whales known from Coastal Waters of British Columbia, Canada
T141
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue of Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales From Coastal Waters of British Columbia, Northern Washington, and Southeastern Alaska
T141A
Photo Credit: Jared Towers
T141B
Photo Credit: Jared Towers
T141C