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 |
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Ass | Jack | Jenny | Foal | Herd |
Alligator | Bull | Cow | Hatchling | Congregation Pod (Young) |
Alpaca | Male | Female | Cria | Herd |
Ant | Drone | Gyne Queen Worker | Lava Pupa | Army Bike Colony Nest Swarm State |
Antelope | Buck | Doe | Calf | Herd |
Ape | Male | Female | Baby | Shrewdness |
Armadillo | Male | Female | Pup | Pack |
Baboon | Male | Female | Infant | Congress Flange Tribe Troop |
Badger | Boar | Sow | Cub Kit | Sett |
Bat | Male | Female | Pup | Colony Cloud Cauldron |
Bear | Boar | Sow | Cub | Sleuth Sloth |
Beaver | Male | Female | Kitten Pup | Colony |
Bee | Drone | Worker Queen | Larva | Bike Drift Grist Hive Swarm (inflight) |
Beetle | Male | Female | Larva | Swarm |
Bird | Cock | Hen | Chick Hatchling | Fleet Flight Flock Parcel Pod Volery |
Bison | Bull | Cow | Calf | Gang Herd |
Boar | Boar | Sow | Piglet | Shoat Farrow - (singular) Sounder |
Butterfly | Male | Female | Caterpillar Chrysalis Larva Pupa | Rabble Swarm |
Buzzard | Cock | Hen | Chick | Wake |
Camel | Bull | Cow | Calf | Flock |
Caribou | Bull | Cow | Calf | Herd |
Cat | Tom | Queen | Kitten | Clutter Clowder Litter - (young) Kindle - (kittens) |
Cattle | Bull | Cow | Calf | Drift Drove Herd Mob |
Chamois | Bull | Doe | Calf | Herd |
Cheetah | Male | Female | Cub | Coalition |
Chicken | Rooster | Hen | Chick Pullet (hen) Cockerel (rooster) | Flock Brood (hens) Clutch (chicks) Peep (chicks) |
Clam | - | - | Larva | Bed |
Cockroach | - | - | Nymph | Intrusion |
Codfish | - | - | Codling |  |
Coyote | Dog | Bitch | Pup Whelp | Rout Pack |
Crow | Cock | Hen | Chick | Murder Muster |
Deer | Buck Stag | Doe | Fawn | Herd Mob |
Dog | Dog | Bitch | Pup | Litter (pups) Pack (wild) Kennel |
Dolphin | Bull | Cow | Calf Pup | Herd Pod School |
Donkey | Jack Jackass | Jennet Jenny | Colt Foal | Drove Herd |
Duck | Drake | Hen | Duckling | Brace Bunch (water) Flock Team |
Eagle | Tiercel | Hen | Eaglet | Brood Convocation Aerie |
Eel | Male | Female | Elver | Cell Pipe Swarm |
Elephant | Bull | Cow | Calf | Herd Parade |
Elk | Bull | Cow | Calf | Gang Herd |
Emu | Male | Female | Chick | Mob |
Falcon | Tiercel | Falcon | Chick | Cast |
Ferret | Hob | Jill | Kit | Business Fesynes |
Fish | - | - | Fry Fingerling | Draft Run School Shoal |
Finch | Cock | Hen | Chick | Charm |
Flamingo | Male | Female | Chick | Flamboyance Stand |
Fly | - | - | Maggot | Cloud Swarm |
Fox | Dog Reynard | Vixen | Cub Kit Pup | Leash Skulk |
Frog | Male | Female | Tadpole Polliwog Froglet | Army Knot |
Gerbil | Buck | Doe | Pup | Horde |
Giraffe | Bull | Doe | Calf | Corps Group Herd Tower |
Gnat | Male | Female | Larva | Cloud Horde |
Gnu | Bull | Cow | Calf | Herd |
Goat | Billy Buck | Nanny | Kid | Herd Tribe |
Goose | Goose | Gander | Gosling | Flock Gaggle Skein (in flight) Wedge ('V' flight) |
Gorilla | Male | Female | Infant | Band |
Grasshopper | Male | Female | Nymph | Swarm |
Guinea Pig | Boar | Sow | Pup | Group |
Gull | Cock | Hen | Chick | Colony |
Hamster | Buck | Doe | Pup | Horde |
Hare | Buck | Doe | Leveret |  |
Hawk | Tiercel | Hen | Eyas | Boil Cast Kettle |
Hedgehog | Boar | Sow | Piglet Pup | Array |
Heron | Cock | Hen | Chick | Siege |
Hippopotamus | Bull | Cow | Calf | Bloat Herd |
Hornet | Male | Female | Larva | Nest |
Hog | Boar | Sow | Farrow Shoat | Drove Herd Litter (young) |
Horse | Stallion Stud | Dam Mare | Colt (Male) Filly (Female) Foal | Herd Stable Team |
Hummingbird | Cock | Hen | Chick | Charm |
Hyena | Male | Female | Cub | Cackle Clan |
Kangaroo | Buck | Doe | Joey | Herd Mob Troop |
Leopard | Leopard | Leopardess | Cub | Leap Prowl |
Lion | Lion | Lioness | Cub | Pride |
Llama | Macho | Hembra | Cria | Herd |
Mallard | Drake | Hen | Duckling | Brace Flush Lute Puddling Sord |
Manatee | Bull | Cow | Calf | Herd |
Mink | Boar | Sow | Cub Kit | - |
Mole | Male | Female | Pup | Labour |
Monkey | Male | Female | Infant | Troop |
Moose | Bull | Cow | Calf | Herd |
Mouse | Buck | Doe | Kitten Pinky Pup | Horde Mischief |
Mule | Jack | Jenny | Foal | Barren Rake Pack Span |
Ostrich | Cock | Hen | Chick | Flock Troop |
Otter | Male | Female | Pup Whelp | Family Raft Romp |
Owl | Owl | Hen | Owlet | Parliament Stare Wisdom |
Ox | Bull | Cow | Calf | Drove Herd Nye Team Yoke |
Panda | Boar | Soar | Cub | Amalgamation |
Penguin | Male | Female | Chick | Rookery |
Pig | Boar | Sow | Piglet | Sounder |
Polecat | Hob | Jill | Kit | Chine |
Porpoise | Bull | Cow | Calf | Herd Pod School |
Rabbit | Buck | Doe | Bunny Kit | Colony Drove Leash Nest Trace Warren |
Raccoon | Boar | Sow | Cub | Gaze Nursery |
Rat | Buck | Doe | Kitten Pinky Pup | Horde Mischief |
Reindeer | Bull | Cow | Calf | Herd |
Rhinoceros | Bull | Cow | Calf | Crash |
Sea Lion | Bull | Cow | Pup | Pod Colony Crash Flock Harem Herd Rookery Team Hurdle |
Seal | Bull | Cow | Pup | Herd Pod Rookery Harem |
Serval | Male | Female | Kitten | Pack |
Shark | Bull | Female | Pup | School Shoal Shiver Slew |
Sheep | Buck Ram | Ewe | Lamb | Flock Herd |
Skunk | Boar | Sow | Kit | Odour |
Snake | Male | Female | Hatchling Neonate Snakelet | Bed Nest Pit |
Spider | Male | Female | Spiderling | Cluster Clutter |
Squirrel | Buck | Doe | Kit Kitten Pup | Dray Scurry |
Swan | Cob | Pen | Cygnet | Flock Herd Team Wedge ('V' flight) |
Termite | Male | Female | Larva | Colony Swarm (in flight) |
Tiger | Tiger | Tigeress | Cub | Ambush Streak |
Toad | Male | Female | Tadpole | Knot Lump |
Turkey | Tom | Hen | Poult | Flock Rafter |
Turtle | Male | Female | Hatchling | Bale Dule Herd |
Wallaby | Jack | Jill | Joey | Mob |
Walrus | Bull | Cow | Cub Pup | Herd Pod |
Wasp | Drone | Queen Worker | Larva | Colony |
Weasel | Buck Dog Jack | Bitch Doe Jill | Kit | Gang |
Whale | Bull | Cow | Calf | Herd Pod School |
Wolverine | Hobb | Jill | Kits | Pack |
Wolf | Dog | Bitch | Pup | Pack |
Wombat | Jack | Jill | Joey | Mob |
Woodpecker | Male | Female | Chick | Descent |
Yak | Bull | Cow | Calf | Herd |
Zebra | Stallion | Mare | Foal | Dazzle Herd |
Learn about more animals with the pages below:
- Animals starting with A
- Animals starting with B
- Animals starting with C
- Animals starting with D
- Animals starting with E
- Animals starting with F
- Animals starting with G
- Animals starting with H
- Animals starting with I
- Animals starting with J
- Animals starting with K
- Animals starting with L
- Animals starting with M
- Animals starting with N
- Animals starting with O
- Animals starting with P
- Animals starting with R
- Animals starting with S
- Animals starting with T
- Animals starting with V
- Animals starting with W
- Animals starting with Y
- Animals starting with Z