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A wolphin is a rare hybrid, formed from a cross between a bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus (mother), and a false killer whale Pseudorca crassidens (father). Currently only one exists in captivity, in the Sea Life Park in Hawaii. It shares characteristics of both dolphins and orcas. She is fertile and has had a female calf whose father was a dolphin.
Although the word 'wolphin' is a portmanteau of whale and dolphin, since false killer walees are members of the family Delphinidae, that is, dolphins and not true whales, the wolphin is a kind of dolphin. For more detail on the ambiguity of the term, see Whale.
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