Photo Credit: Peninsula Valdés Orca Research
Current Matriarch: PTN-004 Maga
Number of Individuals: 14 (11 living- 5 female, 2 male, 4 unknown gender; 3 deceased- 1 female, 2 unknown gender)
Photo Credit: Peninsula Valdes Orca Research
PTN-004 Maga
Pronunciation:
Sex: Female
Birth-Death (Age): ~1980- (~44)
Offspring: PTN-009 Valen, PTN-008 Mica, PTN-016 Issy, PTN-021 Sheuen, PTN-028 Arwell, PTN-033 Keoken
Notes: Is a live strander. She has been noted as being a patient and decisive hunter who also teaches the younger whales in her matriline to hunt. Her age isn't known for sure, but it is estimated that she was born before at least 1980
Photo Credit: Punte Norte Orca Research
PTN-009 Valen
Pronunciation:
Sex: Female
Birth-Death (Age): 1994- (30)
Offspring: PTN-023 Karut, PTN-025 Emyr, PTN-032 Solei, NO# (2023)
Notes: Is a known strander. Often lifts her head out of the water when stranding. She also may have lost her first calf before it was documented as she was relatively old when her first documented calf was seen
Photo Credit: Punte Norte Orca Research
PTN-023 Karut
Pronunciation:
Sex: Unknown
Birth-Death (Age): 2012- (12)
Offspring: None
Notes: Is a known strander and sometimes strands to check out the Punte Norte Orca Research team. She seems to enjoy stranding to scare sea lions or "put on a show"
Photo Credit: Punte Norte Orca Research
PTN-025 Emyr
Pronunciation:
Sex: Male
Birth-Death (Age): 2014- (10)
Offspring: None
Notes: Is a known strander. Is currently being taught by the older members of the matriline
Photo Credit: Peninsula Valdes Orca Research
NO# (2023)
Pronunciation:
Sex: Unknown
Birth-Death (Age): 2023- (1)
Offspring: None
Notes: None
Photo Credit: Punte Norte Orca Research
PTN-032 Solei
Pronunciation:
Sex: Unknown
Birth-Death (Age): 2017- (7)
Offspring: None
Notes: Often seen with the younger members of the matriline, but is not yet a strander. Acquired a notch in the top of their dorsal fin in 2021
Photo Credit: Punte Norte Orca Research
PTN-008 Mica
Pronunciation:
Sex: Female
Birth-Death (Age): 2002- (22)
Offspring: PTN-027 Aiken, PTN-030 Piqui
Notes: Is a known strander, but only started stranding in 2012, when she was 11
Photo Credit: Punte Norte Orca Research
PTN-027 Aiken
Pronunciation:
Sex: Female
Birth-Death (Age): 2014- (10)
Offspring: None
Notes: First documented stranding in March of 2023, at the age of 9
Photo Credit: Punte Norte Orca Research
PTN-030 Piqui
Pronunciation:
Sex: Male
Birth-Death (Age): 2017- (7)
Offspring: None
Notes: Is not a documented strander, but often follows the stranders to the beaches
Photo Credit: Punte Norte Orca Research
PTN-016 Issy
Pronunciation:
Sex: Unknown
Birth-Death (Age): 2007-2010 (3)
Offspring: None
Notes: Was not known to strand, but occasionally did go close to the beach
Photo Credit: Punte Norte Orca Research
PTN-021 Sheuen
Pronunciation:
Sex: Female
Birth-Death (Age): 2010-2022 (12)
Offspring: NO# (2022)
Notes: Was a known strander, however, she died after live stranding on August 21, 2022 on Cabo Raso, Chubut, Argentina while pregnant with her first calf
Photo Credit:
NO# (2022)
Pronunciation:
Sex: Unknown
Birth-Death (Age): 2022-2022 (<1)
Offspring: None
Notes: Unborn calf of PTN-021 Sheuen. Was only 10 cm long, indicating a very new pregnancy
Photo Credit: Punte Norte Orca Research
PTN-028 Arwell
Pronunciation:
Sex: Unknown
Birth-Death (Age): 2016- (8)
Offspring: None
Notes: Has not strand hunted yet, but does go close to shore with the rest of their family
Photo Credit: Punte Norte Orca Research
PTN-033 Keoken
Pronunciation:
Sex: Female
Birth-Death (Age): 2019- (5)
Offspring: None
Notes: Was struck by a boat which resulted in them loosing part of their fluke in 2020, when they were only 5-6 months old. They had boat scars on the right side of their body and lost at least 1/3 of their fluke on the left side in the same event. It is assumed that the calf was rolled over rapidly when it was first hit by the vessel, resulting in the injury to their fluke