List of animal names

In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups.

"Young animal" redirects here. For the manga magazine, see Young Animal (magazine). For DC Comics imprint, see DC's Young Animal. For names applied to people, see Animal epithet.

"Parliament of Owls" redirects here. For the DC Comics fictional group, see Court of Owls.

Mother sea otter with sleeping pup, Morro Bay, California

The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners.^[1] Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites.^[2][3][4]

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• Usage of collective nouns
• Notes
• Further reading
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The terms in this table apply to many or all taxons in a particular biological family, class, or clade.

Scientific term	Trivial name	Young	Female	Male	Collective noun	Collateral adjective
Aves	bird	chick	hen	cock, rooster	flock	avian
Bovinae	cattle; ox,[5] cow	calf	cow (bred), heifer (not bred)	bull (intact), bullock[6] or steer (castrated)	herd	bovine
Canidae	dog	puppy, pup,[7] cub, whelp	bitch	dog	pack	canine
Cetacea	whale, dolphin, porpoise	calf	cow	bull	pod	cetacean
Equidae	horse	colt (male), filly (female), foal	jenny (asses), mare (other equids)	jack (asses), stallion (other equids), gelding (castrated horse)	herd	equine
Felidae	cat	kitten (non-big cats, such as Felis, Lynx, Puma,[8] etc.), cub (big cats, Panthera, and also Puma)	queen	tom, king	clowder (small cats), pride (big cats)	feline
Suidae	pig	piglet	sow	boar	drift or drove	porcine
Procyonidae	Raccoon family of Carnivorans	cub, kit	sow	boar	gaze, smack, committee	procyonine, nasuine, others
Viverridae	Civet family of Carnivorans	cub, kit	sow	boar		viverrine
Mustelidae	Ferret family of Carnivorans (large: badgers & wolverines; small: weasels & ferrets)	kit	sow (large) or jill (small)	boar (large) or hob,[9] jack (small)	colony (large) or business (small)	musteline
Leporidae	rabbits & hares	nestling	jill	jack	nest or band	leporine
Osteichthyes	bony fish	hatchling, fry, fingerling	—	—	school, shoal	piscine, ichthyic

Animal	Young	Female	Male	Collective noun	Collateral adjective	Culinary noun for meat
A
Aardvark	cub	sow	boar	—	orycteropodian
Albatross	chick	—	—	flock[10] gam (when searching for mates)[11] rookery[12]	diomedeid
Alligator	hatchling	cow	bull	congregation[13]	eusuchian
Alpaca[14]	cria	hembra	macho	herd	camelid
Ant	larva pupa	queen (fertile) soldier worker	drone	army[15] bike[15] colony[15][16] nest[13] swarm[15]	formic myrmicine
Anteater	pup	sow	boar	—	vermilinguan
Antelope	calf[17]	doe	buck	cluster[15][18] herd[15][18] tribe[15][18]	alcelaphine antilopine bubaline
Ape	baby child infant	—	—	band family group shrewdness[2][13][18][19] troop, group[13][15][18]	simian
Armadillo	baby pup	sow	boar	protection[2]	cingulatan
Ass/donkey	foal	jenny	jack	coffle[15][18] drove[13][15][18] herd[15] pace[15][16][18]	asinine
B
Baboon	infant	babuina[20]	—	flange[21][lower-alpha 1] troop, group[2][13][21]	—
Badger	cub kit	sow	boar	cete[2][13][16][21] colony[21]	musteline
Barracuda	hatchling, fry, fingerling	—	—	school[22]	percesocine
Bat	pup	—	—	camp[23] cloud[21][24] colony[16][21] flock[25]	noctillionine pteropine
Bear (list)	cub[26]	she-bear sow	boar	sleuth[13][16][21] sloth[13][16][21]	ursine
Beaver	kit kitten pup	—	buck	colony[13][21] family[13]	castoridine
Bee	larva pupa	queen worker[lower-alpha 2]	drone	cast (a second swarm)[21] cluster (of workers around the queen)[21] colony[21] drift[2][21] erst[2][21] grist[13][21] hive[2][13][21] nest[13] rabble[21] stand[21] swarm[2][13][21]	apian apiarian apic
Beetle	larva grub (wormlike forms)[3][4] mealworm (darkling beetles)[3][4] pupa	—	—	swarm[3]	coleopterous
Binturong	binlet	—	—	—	potosine
Bird (list) Also see Aves	chick	hen	cock	flight[2] flock[2] pod[2]	avian
Boar/wild pig Also see Pig	farrow piglet shoat/shote (just weaned)	sow	boar hog	herd[21][27] singular[13][27] sounder (groups of 12 or more)[13][27]	—
Bobcat	bobkitten	—	—	—	feline
Budgerigar	chick	—	—	flock	psittacine
Buffalo	calf	—	—	—	bubaline
Bull See Cattle
Butterfly	caterpillar chrysalis larva pupa	—	—	flight[21] flutter[13][28] kaleidoscope[29] rabble[21] swarm[30]	rhopaloceran
C
Camel	calf	cow	bull	caravan[13] flock[13] herd train[13]	camelid cameline
Capybara	pup	—	—	—	—
Cat (list)	kit kitten	molly pussy queen	gib (castrated male)[31] king tom	clowder[2][13] cluster[13] clutter[32] glaring[2][13] kindle (kittens)[33] litter (kittens) pillow (kittens) pounce[13] nuisance[34]	feline
Cattle[lower-alpha 3] (list)	calf[35]	cow[36] heifer freemartin	bull bullock ox steer	drove[13] gang[13][16][21] herd[13][16][21] obstinancy[13][16][21] team (oxen) troop[13] yoke (oxen)	bovine[lower-alpha 4] taurine (male) vaccine (female) vituline (young)	beef veal
Chamois	calf	doe	bull	herd	rupicaprine
Cheetah	cub	she-cheetah	cheetah	coalition (male)[37]	feline
Chicken (list)	chick	hen pullet	capon (castrated male) cock cockerel rooster	brood[13] clutch (eggs) flock peep (chicks)[13]	galline	poultry
Chimpanzee	infant	empress	emperor blackback	troop, group tribe	panine
Chinchilla	kit	sow velvet	boar bull	colony	chinchilline
Chough	chick	—	—	chattering[2][19][38] clattering[2][19][39]	corvine
Coati	kit pup	sow	boar	troop	nasuine
Cobra	—	—	—	quiver[40]	elapid
Cockroach	nymph	—	—	intrusion[40]	blattid
Cod	codling	—	—	school	gadine gadoid
Cormorant	chick shaglet	—	—	flight gulp[13][16][40]	—
Cow See Cattle
Crab	zoea	hen jenny	cock jimmy	—	cancrine
Crane	chick colt[41]	—	—	herd[42][43][44] sedge[16] sege[45] siege[46]	alectorine
Cricket	nymph	—	—	—	—
Crocodile	hatchling	cow	bull	bask[13] congregation float[13] menace	crocodilian
Crow	—	—	—	murder[2][13]	corvine
Curlew	—	—	—	herd[2][19]	—
D
Deer	calf[17] fawn	doe hind cow	buck bull[17] hart (red deer) stag	bunch[47] herd[47] mob[47] rangale[47]	cervine elaphine	humble (organ meat) venison
Dinosaur (list)	calf (Ornithischia and Sauropodomorpha) chick (Theropoda) hatchling juvenile	cow (Ornithischia and Sauropodomorpha) hen (Theropoda)	bull (Ornithischia and Sauropodomorpha) cock (Theropoda)	herd (herbivores) pack (carnivores)	dinosaurian
Dog (list)	pup[7] puppy whelp[48]	bitch	dog sire stud	comedy (boxers)[49][50] cowardice (curs)[16][51] cry (hounds)[52] kennel[47] litter (young)[53] mute[16] pack (wild)[16][47]	canine
Dogfish Also see Shark	—	—	—	troop[47]	selachian squaloid	capeshark (US) flake (UK, Australia) huss (UK) kahada (Canada)[54] rigg (UK) rock salmon (UK) spiny dogfish
Dolphin	calf	cow	bull	herd pod[55][56] school[47] team[47]	delphine
Donkey (list) See Ass
Dove	chick	hen	cock	arc[13] cote dole[2][47] dule[13][47] flight[2][13][47] piteousness[2][47] pitying[13]	columbine
Dragonfly	nymph	queen	drake king	cluster flight	anisopteran
Duck (list) Also see Mallard	duckling	duck hen	cock drake	badling (on land)[16] brace (on land)[16] bunch (on water)[2][47] flock (on land) herd (on land) paddling (on water)[2][47] raft (on water)[2][47] safe (on land)[2] skein (in flight)[47] sord (on land)[47] sore (on land)[47] string (in flight)[47] team (in flight)[16][47] waddling (on land)[47]	anatine fuliguline	poultry
Dugong	calf	cow	bull	herd	dugongine
Dunlin	chick	—	—	fling[2]	—
E
Eagle	eaglet fledgling	—	—	convocation[13][16]	aquiline
Echidna	puggle (in common use, but not scientifically endorsed)	—	—	—	tachyglossine
Eel	leptocephalus (larva) elver (juvenile)	—	—	bed[13] swarm[13]	anguilline
Elephant	calf[35]	cow[36]	bull[57]	herd memory[13] parade[23]	elephantine proboscidean proboscine
Elephant seal	pup	cow	bull	—	miroungan
Elk/wapiti	calf[17]	cow[17]	bull[17]	gang[13] herd[13]	cervine	venison
Emu	chick hatchling	—	—	mob[13]	—
F
Falcon	eyass/eyas	falcon	tercel terzel tiercel	cast[23]	acciptrine
Ferret	kit	jill	hob	business[13][16] busyness[19]	musteline
Finch	chick	hen	cock	charm[16]	fringilline
Fish (list)	fingerling fry	—	—	school[3]	piscine
Flamingo	chick	—	—	flamboyance[58] stand[23]	phoenicopterine
Fly	maggot	—	—	business[13] cloud[13] swarm[13]	dipterous
Fox	cub[26] kit pup[7]	vixen	dog reynard tod	leash[13][16] skulk[13][16] earth[16]	vulpine
Frog	froglet polliwog tadpole	—	—	army[16]	ranine
G
Gazelle	calf[17]	cow[17]	bull[17]	herd	gazelline
Gecko	hatchling	dam (herpetoculture)	sire (herpetoculture)	—	—
Gerbil	pup	doe	buck	horde	gerbilline
Giant panda	cub	sow	boar	embarrassment [59] sleuth[60]	ailuropodine
Giraffe	calf	cow	bull	corps[61] herd tower[61][62]	giraffine
Gnat	larva	—	—	cloud[13][16][61] horde[13][16][61] rabble[61] swarm[13][61]	—
Gnu	calf	cow	bull	herd implausibility[63]	—
Goat (list)	kid	doe doeling nanny	billy buck buckling wether (castrated)	herd flock[61] tribe[61] trip[61] trippe[61]	caprine	cabrito chevon mutton
Goldfinch	—	—	—	charm[61]	cardueline
Goosander	—	—	—	dopping[61]	—
Goose	gosling	goose	gander	chevron (in flight)[citation needed] flock (on land) gaggle (on land)[16][61] plump (on land)[61] skein (in flight)[2][16][61] team (in flight)[2][61] wedge (in flight)[2][61]	anatine anserine	poultry
Gorilla	infant	—	blackback silverback	band[13][16][61] troop, group[13] whoop[61]	simian
Goshawk	—	—	—	flight[19][61]	—
Grasshopper	nymph	—	—	cloud[61] swarm[61]	caeliferian
Grouse	—	—	—	covey[61] pack[61]	tetraonine
Guanaco	chulengo[64]	—	—	herd	camelid
Guinea fowl	keet	hen	cock	flock[65] rasp[66]	numidine	poultry
Guinea pig	pup	sow	boar	herd	—	cuy
Gull	chick	hen	cock	colony flock	larine
H
Hamster	pup	doe	buck	horde	cricetid
Hare	leveret	doe jill	buck jack	band down[67] drove[67] flick[67] husk[67]	leporine
Hawk	eyas	hen	tiercel	aerie[68][lower-alpha 5] boil (soaring in large groups)[16][68] cast[68][lower-alpha 6] cauldron (soaring in large groups)[68] flight[68][lower-alpha 7] flock[68] kettle (soaring in large groups)[13][68] leash[68][lower-alpha 8] staff[68][lower-alpha 9]	accipitrine
Hedgehog	hoglet piglet pup	sow	boar	array[67]	erinaceine
Hermit crab	zoea	—	—	—	paguroid
Heron	chick	hen	cock	flight[67] sedge[13][16][67] sege[45][67] siege[13][16][46][67]	ardeidine
Herring	—	—	—	army[16][67] glean[67] shoal[67]	clupeidean
Hippopotamus	calf	cow	bull	bloat[13][16][67] herd[67] sea[13][16][67] thunder[40]	hippopotamine
Hornet	larva pupa	queen	drone	bike[67] nest[16] swarm	vespine
Horse (list)	colt (male) filly (female) foal weanling yearling	dam mare	gelding (castrated male) ridgling stallion (not castrated) stud	band (wild horses)[13] field (racehorses) harras[16] herd (wild horses)[13] rag (colts)[16] stable[13] string (ponies)[16] stud[16] team (work horses)[13][16]	caballine equine	horseflesh horsemeat
Human	baby boy (male) child girl (female) infant	lady (colloquial) woman	gentleman (colloquial) man	band clan crowd family group horde tribe	human simian	“long pig” the flesh that speaks
Hummingbird	chick	hen	cock	—	trochilidine trochiline
Hyena	cub	—	—	cackle[13][16] clan	hyenine
I
Ibex	kid	nanny	billy	herd[69]	caprine
Ibis	chick	—	—	colony	ciconiiforme
Iguana	hatchling	cow	bull	—	—
Impala	calf	ewe	ram	herd	—
J
Jaguar	cub	—	—	leap[70] parade[23] prowl[70]	—
Jay	chick	hen	cock	band[13] party[16] scold[16]	corvine
Jellyfish	ephyra[71] planula polyp	—	—	bloom brood[13] fluther[2] smack[2][16] smuth[12]	scyphozoan
Junglefowl (see chicken)
K
Kangaroo	joey	doe flyer jill roo	boomer buck jack	court herd mob[72] troop[16]	macropodine
Kingbird	chick	—	—	court tyranny coronation	—
Kinkajou	kit pup	sow	boar	convergence troop	potosine
Kite	chick	—	—	—	accipitrine
Koala	joey	doe	buck	—	phascolarctine
Komodo dragon	calf chick hatchling	cow hen	bull cock	—	varanine
L
Ladybug	larva	—	—	loveliness	coleopterous
Lapwing	chick	—	—	deceit[16][19] desert[2]	vanelline
Lark	chick	hen	cock	exaltation[2][19]	alaudine
Lemur	infant	—	—	conspiracy[73]	lemurine
Leopard	cub	leopardess	leopard	leap[2][13][16] lepe[2]	pardine
Lion	cub[26]	lioness	lion	pride[74][75][43] sawt[43][76]	leonine
Lizard	hatchling	—	—	—	—
Llama	cria	dam hembra	macho stud	flock herd	camelid
Lobster	—	hen[3]	cock[3]	risk	homarine
Locust (list)	nymph	—	—	cloud host swarm	caelifera
Loris	infant	—	—	colony[77]	lorisine[78]
Louse	nymph	—	—	colony	pediculine
Lyrebird	chick	hen	cock	musket[79]	menurine
M
Mallard Also see Duck	duckling	hen	greenhead[80]	sord[2] suit[2]	anatine	poultry
Mammoth (see elephant)	calf	cow	bull	herd pack	mammutine
Manatee	calf	cow	bull	herd	manatine sirenian
Mandrill	infant	—	—	horde	simian
Manta ray	fry	—	—	—	feline[citation needed]
Mantis	nymph	—	—	swarm	caelifera
Meerkat	meerkitten	—	—	—	herpestine
Mink	cub kit	sow	boar	—	musteline
Mole	pup	sow	boar	labor[23]	talpine
Mongoose	pup	—