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Animal Names Glossary

Animal groups and babies often have strange names. Baby sharks are called pups, baby kangaroos are called joeys & a group of camels are a flock.

Below is a big list of all the correct names and terms for different groups of animals, their young and the different terms for male and female animals. You can also check our Baby Animal Glossary or list of Animal Groups.

Animal Male Female Young Group
AssJackJennyFoalHerd
AlligatorBullCowHatchlingCongregation
Pod (Young)
AlpacaMaleFemaleCriaHerd
AntDroneGyne
Queen
Worker
Lava
Pupa
Army
Bike
Colony
Nest
Swarm
State
AntelopeBuckDoeCalfHerd
ApeMaleFemaleBabyShrewdness
ArmadilloMaleFemalePupPack
BaboonMaleFemaleInfantCongress
Flange
Tribe
Troop
BadgerBoarSowCub
Kit
Sett
BatMaleFemalePupColony
Cloud
Cauldron
BearBoarSowCubSleuth
Sloth
BeaverMaleFemaleKitten
Pup
Colony
BeeDroneWorker
Queen
LarvaBike
Drift
Grist
Hive
Swarm (inflight)
BeetleMaleFemaleLarvaSwarm
BirdCockHenChick
Hatchling
Fleet
Flight
Flock
Parcel
Pod
Volery
BisonBullCowCalfGang
Herd
BoarBoarSowPigletShoat
Farrow - (singular)
Sounder
ButterflyMaleFemaleCaterpillar
Chrysalis
Larva
Pupa
Rabble
Swarm
BuzzardCockHenChickWake
CamelBullCowCalfFlock
CaribouBullCowCalfHerd
CatTomQueenKittenClutter
Clowder
Litter - (young)
Kindle - (kittens)
CattleBullCowCalfDrift
Drove
Herd
Mob
ChamoisBullDoeCalfHerd
CheetahMaleFemaleCubCoalition
ChickenRoosterHenChick
Pullet (hen)

Cockerel (rooster)
Flock
Brood (hens)
Clutch (chicks)
Peep (chicks)
Clam
-
-
LarvaBed
Cockroach
-
-
NymphIntrusion
Codfish
-
-
Codling 
CoyoteDogBitchPup
Whelp
Rout
Pack
CrowCockHenChickMurder
Muster
DeerBuck
Stag
DoeFawnHerd
Mob
DogDogBitchPupLitter (pups)
Pack (wild)
Kennel
DolphinBullCowCalf
Pup
Herd
Pod
School
DonkeyJack
Jackass
Jennet
Jenny
Colt
Foal
Drove
Herd
DuckDrakeHenDucklingBrace

Bunch (water)

Flock
Team
EagleTiercelHenEagletBrood
Convocation
Aerie
EelMaleFemaleElverCell
Pipe
Swarm
ElephantBullCowCalfHerd
Parade
ElkBullCowCalfGang
Herd
EmuMaleFemaleChickMob
FalconTiercelFalconChickCast
FerretHobJillKitBusiness
Fesynes
Fish
-
-
Fry
Fingerling
Draft
Run
School
Shoal
FinchCockHenChickCharm
FlamingoMaleFemaleChickFlamboyance
Stand
Fly
-
-
MaggotCloud
Swarm
FoxDog
Reynard
VixenCub
Kit
Pup
Leash
Skulk
FrogMaleFemaleTadpole
Polliwog
Froglet
Army
Knot
GerbilBuckDoePupHorde
GiraffeBullDoeCalfCorps
Group
Herd
Tower
GnatMaleFemaleLarvaCloud
Horde
GnuBullCowCalfHerd
GoatBilly
Buck
NannyKidHerd
Tribe
GooseGooseGanderGoslingFlock
Gaggle
Skein (in flight)
Wedge ('V' flight)
GorillaMaleFemaleInfantBand
GrasshopperMaleFemaleNymphSwarm
Guinea PigBoarSowPupGroup
GullCockHenChickColony
HamsterBuckDoePupHorde
HareBuckDoeLeveret 
HawkTiercelHenEyasBoil
Cast
Kettle
HedgehogBoarSowPiglet
Pup
Array
HeronCockHenChickSiege
HippopotamusBullCowCalfBloat
Herd
HornetMaleFemaleLarvaNest
HogBoarSowFarrow
Shoat
Drove
Herd
Litter (young)
HorseStallion
Stud
Dam
Mare
Colt (Male)
Filly (Female)
Foal
Herd
Stable
Team
HummingbirdCockHenChickCharm
HyenaMaleFemaleCubCackle
Clan
KangarooBuckDoeJoeyHerd
Mob
Troop
LeopardLeopardLeopardessCubLeap
Prowl
LionLionLionessCubPride
LlamaMachoHembraCriaHerd
MallardDrakeHenDucklingBrace
Flush
Lute
Puddling
Sord
ManateeBullCowCalfHerd
MinkBoarSowCub
Kit
-
MoleMaleFemalePupLabour
MonkeyMaleFemaleInfantTroop
MooseBullCowCalfHerd
MouseBuckDoeKitten
Pinky
Pup
Horde
Mischief
MuleJackJennyFoalBarren
Rake
Pack
Span
OstrichCockHenChickFlock
Troop
OtterMaleFemalePup
Whelp
Family
Raft
Romp
OwlOwlHenOwletParliament
Stare
Wisdom
OxBullCowCalfDrove
Herd
Nye
Team
Yoke
PandaBoarSoarCubAmalgamation
PenguinMaleFemaleChickRookery
PigBoarSowPigletSounder
PolecatHobJillKitChine
PorpoiseBullCowCalfHerd
Pod
School
RabbitBuckDoeBunny
Kit
Colony
Drove
Leash
Nest
Trace
Warren
RaccoonBoarSowCubGaze
Nursery
RatBuckDoeKitten
Pinky
Pup
Horde
Mischief
ReindeerBullCowCalfHerd
RhinocerosBullCowCalfCrash
Sea LionBullCowPupPod
Colony
Crash
Flock
Harem
Herd
Rookery
Team
Hurdle
SealBullCowPupHerd
Pod
Rookery
Harem
ServalMaleFemaleKittenPack
SharkBullFemalePupSchool
Shoal
Shiver
Slew
SheepBuck
Ram
EweLambFlock
Herd
SkunkBoarSowKitOdour
SnakeMaleFemaleHatchling
Neonate
Snakelet
Bed

Nest

Pit
SpiderMaleFemaleSpiderlingCluster
Clutter
SquirrelBuckDoeKit
Kitten
Pup
Dray
Scurry
SwanCobPenCygnetFlock
Herd
Team
Wedge ('V' flight)
TermiteMaleFemaleLarvaColony

Swarm (in flight)
TigerTigerTigeressCubAmbush
Streak
ToadMaleFemaleTadpoleKnot
Lump
TurkeyTomHenPoultFlock
Rafter
TurtleMaleFemaleHatchlingBale
Dule
Herd
WallabyJackJillJoeyMob
WalrusBullCowCub
Pup
Herd
Pod
WaspDroneQueen
Worker
LarvaColony
WeaselBuck
Dog
Jack
Bitch
Doe
Jill
KitGang
WhaleBullCowCalfHerd
Pod
School
WolfDogBitchPupPack
WombatJackJillJoeyMob
WoodpeckerMaleFemaleChickDescent
YakBullCowCalfHerd
ZebraStallionMareFoalDazzle
Herd

 

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