List of animal names

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Mother sea otter with sleeping pup, Morro Bay, California

Many animals, particularly domesticated, have been given specific names for males, females, young, and groups.

The best known source of many of the bizarre words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Dame Juliana Berners.[1]

Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites.[2][3][4]

Generic terms

The terms in this table apply to many or all taxa in a particular biological family, class, or clade.

Animal Young Female Male Collective noun Collateral adjective Trivial name
Aves chick hen cock flock avian bird
Bovidae calf cow (bred), heifer (not bred) bull, steer (castrated) herd bovine cattle; cows
Canidae puppy, pup,[5] cub bitch dog pack canine dog
Equidae colt (male), filly (female), foal jenny (asses), mare (other equids) jack (asses), stallion (other equids), gelding (castrated horse) herd equine horse
Felidae kitten, cub queen tom clowder feline cat
Osteichthyes fry, fingerling ? ? school, shoal piscine, ichthyic bony fish

Terms by species or taxon

Contents 
Animal Young Female Male Collective noun Collateral adjective Culinary noun for meat
A
Aardvark cub sow boar N/A orycteropodian
Albatross chick N/A N/A flock[6]
rookery[7]
gam (when searching for mates)[8]
?
Alligator hatchling cow bull congregation[9] eusuchian
Alpaca cria ? ? herd camelid
Ant larva
pupa
queen (fertile)
worker
soldier
drone army[10]
bike[10]
colony[10][11]
nest[9]
swarm[10]
formic
myrmicine
Anteater pup sow boar N/A ?
Antelope calf[12] doe buck herd[10][13]
cluster[10][13]
tribe[10][13]
alcelaphine
bubaline
antilopine
Ape infant N/A N/A shrewdness[2][9][13][14]
troop[9][10][13]
simian
Armadillo pup
baby
sow boar N/A cingulatan
Ass/donkey foal jenny jack herd[10]
coffle[10][13]
drove[9][10][13]
pace[10][11][13]
asinine
B
Baboon infant N/A ? flange[15][note 1]
troop[2][9][15]
?
Badger cub
kit
sow boar cete[2][9][11][15]
colony[15]
musteline
Barracuda ? ? ? school[16] percesocine
Bat pup N/A N/A cloud[15][17]
colony[11][15]
flock[18]
pteropine
noctillionine
Bear (list) cub[19]sow
she-bear
boar sleuth[9][11][15]
sloth[9][11][15]
ursine
Beaver kit
kitten
pup
N/A N/A family[9]
colony[9][15]
castoridine
Bee larva
pupa
queen
worker [note 2]
drone cast (a second swarm)[15]
cluster (of workers around the queen)[15]
colony[15]
drift[2][15]
erst[2][15]
grist[9][15]
hive[2][9][15]
nest[9]
rabble[15]
stand[15]
swarm[2][9][15]
apic
apian
apiarian
Bird (list)
Also see Aves
chick hen cock flock[2]
flight[2]
pod[2]
avian
Bison calf cow bull herd bovine
bubaline
Boar (wild pig)
Also see Pig
piglet
farrow
shoat/shote (just weaned)
sow ? herd[15][20]
singular[9][20]

Groups of 12 or more
sounder[9][20]
?
Buffalo, African
(for American buffalo, see Bison)
calf cow, heifer bull herd[9][11][15]
troop[9]
gang[9][11][15]
obstinancy[9][11][15]
?
Butterfly caterpillar
larva
pupa
chrysalis
? ? flight[15]
flutter[9]
rabble[15]
pieridine
pierine
lepidopteran
C
Camel calf cow bull caravan[9]
flock[9]
herd
train[9]
camelid
cameline
Caribou calf doe buck herd rangiferine
Cassowary hatchling
chick
? ? N/A ratite
Cat (list) kitten
kit
molly
queen
pussy
tom
gib (castrated male)[21]
clowder[2][9]
cluster[9]
clutter[22]
glaring[2][9]
pounce[9]
kindle (kittens)[23]
litter (kittens)
feline
Caterpillar ? ? ? army[9][24]?
Cattle[note 3] (list) calf[25] cow[26] bull herd[9]
drove[9]
yoke (oxen)
team (oxen)
bovine[note 4]
taurine (male)
vaccine (female)
vituline (young)
beef
veal
Chamois calf doe bull herd rupicaprine
Cheetah cub ? ? coalition (male)[27] ?
Chicken (list) chick hen
pullet
rooster
cock
cockerel
capon (castrated male)
flock
brood[9]
peep (chicks)[9]
clutch (eggs)
galline poultry
Chimpanzee infant empress blackback? panine
Chinchilla kitvelvet
sow
boar
bull
? chinchilline
Chough chick? ? chattering[2][14][28]
clattering[2][14][29]
corvine
Coati pup
kit
sow boar troop nasuine
Cobra ? ? ? quiver[30] elapid
Cockroach nymph ? ? intrusion[30] blattid
Cod codling ? ? school
gadoid
gadine
Cormorant chick
shaglet
? ? gulp[9][11][30]
flight
?
Coyote pup
puppy
cub
whelp
bitch dogpack canine
Crab N/A hen
jenny
cock
jimmy
? cancrine
Crane chick
colt[31]
? ? herd
sedge[11]
sege[32]
siege[33]
alectorine
Crocodile hatchling cow bull bask[9]
congregation
float[9]
nest
crocodilian
Crow ? ? ? murder[2][9] corvine
Curlew ? ? ? herd[2][14] ?
D
Deer calf[12]
fawn
doe
hind
cow[12]
buck
stag
bull[12]
hart (red deer)
bunch[34]
herd[34]
mob[34]
rangale[34]
cervine
elaphine
venison
humble (organ meat)
Dinosaur (list) hatchling
juvenile
cow bull herd (herbivores)
pack (carnivores)
dinosaurian
Dog (list) pup[5]
puppy
whelp[35]
bitch
dog
stud
sire
pack (wild)[11][34]
kennel[34]
mute[11]
litter (young)[36]
cowardice (curs)[11][37]
comedy (boxers)[38][39]
cry (hounds)[40]
canine
Dogfish
Also see Shark
? ? ? troop[34] selachian
squaloid
Spiny dogfish
capeshark (USA)
flake (UK, AUS)
huss (UK)
kahada (CAN)[41]
rigg (UK)
rock salmon (UK)
Dolphin calf
pup
cow bullschool[34]
pod
herd
team[34]
delphine
Donkey (list)- See Ass
Dotterel ? ? ? trip[2][11]?
Dove chick hen cock arc[9]
cote
dole[2][34]
dule[9][34]
flight[2][9][34]
piteousness[2][34]
pitying[9]
columbine
Dragonfly nymphqueen king
drake
cluster
flight
anisopteran
Duck (list)
Also see Mallard
duckling duck
hen
drakeOn land
flock
herd
badling[11]
brace[11]
safe[2]
sord[34]
sore[34]
waddling[34]

On water
bunch[2][34]
paddling[2][34]
raft[2][34]

In flight
skein[34]
string[34]
team[11][34]
anatine
fuliguline
poultry
Dugong calf cow bull herd dugongine
Dunlin chick ? ? fling[2] ?
E
Eagle eaglet
fledgling
N/A N/A convocation[9][11] aquiline
Echidna puggle
(in common use, but not scientifically endorsed)
? ? N/A tachyglossine
Eel leptocephalus (larva)
elver (juvenile)
N/A N/A bed[9]
swarm[9]
anguilline
Eland calf cow bull herd ?
Elephant calf[25] cow[26] bull[42] herd
memory[9]
elephantine
proboscine
proboscidean
Elephant seal calf cow bull herd
pack
miroungan
Elk (wapiti) calf[12] cow[12] bull[12] gang[9]
herd[9]
cervine venison
Emu chick
hatchling
? ? mob[9]?
F
Falcon eyass/eyas falcontiercel
tercel
terzel
? acciptrine
Ferret kit jill hob busyness[14]
business[9][11]
musteline
Finch chick hen cock charm[11] fringilline
Fish (list) fry
fingerling
? ? school[3] piscine
Flamingo ? ? ? ? phoenicopterine
Fly maggot ? ? business[9]
cloud[9]
swarm[9]
dipterous
Fox cub[19]
kit
pup[5]
vixentod
dog
reynard
leash[9][11]
skulk[9][11]
vulpine
Frogpolliwog
tadpole
froglet
? ? army[11] ranine
G
Gaur calf cow bull herd bovine
gaurine
garabeef
Gazelle calf[12] cow[12] bull[12] herd gazelline
Gerbil pup doe buck horde cricetine
Giant panda cubsow boar sleuth[43] ailuropodine
Giraffe calf cow bull herd
corps[44]
tower[44][45]
giraffine
Gnat larva ? ? cloud[9][11][44]
horde[9][11][44]
rabble[44]
swarm[9][44]
?
Gnu calf cow bull herd
implausibility[46]
?
Goat (list) kid nanny
doe
doeling
billy
buck
buckling
[note 5]
herd
flock[44]
tribe[44]
trip[44]
trippe[44]
caprine chevon
cabrito
mutton
Goldfinch ? ? ? charm[44] cardueline
Goosander? ? ? dopping[44] ?
Goose gosling goose ganderOn land
flock
gaggle[11][44]
plump[44]

In flight
skein[2][11][44]
team[2][44]
wedge[2][44]
anatine
anserine
poultry
Gorilla infant N/A blackback
silverback
band[9][11][44]
troop[9]
whoop[44]
simian
Goshawk ? ? ? flight[14][44]?
Grasshopper nymph ? ? cloud[44]
swarm[44]
caeliferian
Grouse ? ? ? covey[44]
pack[44]
tetraonine
Guanaco chulengo[47] ? ? herd camelid
Guinea fowl keet hen cock rasp[48]
flock[49]
numidine poultry
Guinea pig pupsow 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[50]
drove[50]
flick[50]
husk[50]
leverine
leporine
Hawk eyas hentiercel cast[51][note 6]
aerie[51][note 7]
staff[51][note 8]
leash[51][note 9]
flight[51][note 10]
flock[51]

Migrating in large groups
kettle[9][51]
boil[11][51]
cauldron[51]
accipitrine
falconine
Hedgehog hoglet
piglet
pup
sow boar array[50] erinaceine
Heron chick hen cock flight[50]
sedge[9][11][50]
sege[32][50]
siege[9][11][33][50]
ardeidine
Herring ? ? ? army[11][50]
glean[50]
shoal[50]
clupeidean
Hippopotamus calf cow bull bloat[9][11][50]
herd[50]
thunder[30]
hippopotamine
Hornet larvae
pupae
queen drone bike[50]
nest[11]
swarm
vespine
Horse (list) foal
colt (male)
filly (female)
gelding (castrated male)
mare
dam
stallion
stud
stable[9]
stud[11]
harras[11]
herd (wild horses)[9]
band (wild horses)[9]
team (work horses)[9][11]
rag (colts)[11]
string (ponies)[11]
field (racehorses)
equine
Hummingbird chick hen cock ? trochiline
trochilidine
Hyena cub
pup
whelp
bitch dogcackle[9][11] hyenine
I
Ibex kid nanny billy ? ?
Ibis chick ? ? ? threskiornithine
J
Jackalpup ? ? pack ?
Jaguar cub? ? prowl[52]
leap[52]
?
Jay chick hen cock band[9]
party[11]
scold[11]
corvine
Jellyfish planula
polyp
ephyra[53]
sow boar bloom
brood[9]
fluther[2]
smack[2][11]
smuth[7]
scyphozoan
K
Kangaroo joey flyer
doe
jill
roo
boomer
buck
jack
court
herd
troop[11]
mob[54]
macropodine
Kinkajou pup
kit
sow boar troop
convergence
potosine
Koala joey doe buck? phascolarctine
Komodo dragon hatchling
chick
calf
cow
hen
bull
cock
? varanine
Kouprey calf cow bull herdsauveline
bovine
Kudu calf cow bull herd tragelaphine
L
Lapwing chick ? ? deceit[11][14]
desert[2]
vanelline
Lark chick hen cock exaltation[2][14] alaudine
Lemur infant? ? conspiracy[55]
lemurine
Leopard cub leopardess leopard leap[2][9][11]
lepe[2]
pardine
Lion cub[19] lioness lionpride
sawt
leonine
Llama cria? ? herd
flock
camelid
Lobster ? hen[3] cock[3]? homarine
Locust (list) nymph N/A N/A cloud
host
swarm
caelifera
Loris infant colony[56] lorisine[57]
Louse nymph N/A N/A colony
pediculine
Lyrebird chick hen cock ? menurine
M
Magpie chick hen cock flock garruline
Mallard
Also see Duck
duckling hen greenhead[58] sord[2]
suit[2]
anatine poultry
Mammoth calf cow bull herd
pack
mammutine
Manatee calf cow bull herd manatine
sirenian
Mandrill infant N/A N/A horde simian
Mink cub
kit
sow boar ? musteline
Mole pup sow boar? talpine
Mongoose pup ? ? troop
committee
delegation
herpestine
Monkey infant N/A N/A troop[2]simian
Moose calf[12] cow[12] bull[12][42] herd cervine venison
Mouse kitten
pup

As pet food
pinky/fuzzy/crawler/hopper[59]
doe buck colony
nest
murine
Mosquito nymph
wriggler
tumbler
N/A N/A swarm
cloud
aedine
anopheline
N
Narwhal calf??? ?
Newt eft[60]???pleurodeline
Nightingale chick hen cock flock
philomelian
O
Octopus fry hen[61] ? consortium[62]octopodine
Okapi calf cow bull herdokapine
Opossum joey jill jack passel didelphine
Ostrich hatchling
chick
hen cock flock
troop
ratite
struthious
Otter pup
whelp
sow boar? musteline
lutrine
Owl fledgling
owlet
? ? parliament[9]
strigine
Oysterspat? ? bed[9] ostracine
P
Panther cub pantheress? ? pantherine
Parrot chick hen cock flock psittacine
Panda- See Giant panda
Partridge chick hen
chantelle
cock? perdicine
Peafowl chick
peachick
peahenpeacock? pavonine poultry
Pelican chick
nestling
? ? pod[9]pelecanine
Penguin chick
nestling
? ? waddle (on land)[63][64]
raft (in water)[63]
rookery[63]
colony[63]
huddle[63]
spheniscine
Pheasant chick hen cock flock
bouquet[9][11]
nest[11]
nide[11]
nye[9][11]
phasianine
Pig (list)
Also see Boar
piglet
farrow
shoat/shote (just weaned)
sow (bred),
gilt (not bred)[65]
boar
barrow (castrated)[66]
drift[9][11][67]
drove[9][11]
litter (piglets)
porcine
suilline
pork
ham
bacon
Pigeon (list) squab
squeaker
hen cock flock
flight[68]
kit[68]
pullastrine squab
Polar bear cub sow boar aurora[69]
celebration[69]
pack[69]
ursine
Pony- See Horse
Porcupinepupsow boar prickle[68] hystricine
Porpoise calf cow bull pod
school
shoal
phocoenine
Prairie dogpup sow boar town cynomurine
Q
Quail chick hen cock bevy galliformine
Quelea chick hen cock flock
queline
Quetzal nestling ? ? flock trogonine
R
Rabbit (list) bunny
kit
kitten
nestling
doe
jill
buck
jack
nest
litter (young)
wrack (young)
leporine
Raccoon cub
kit
sow boar gaze
nursery
committee
smack
brace
troop
procyonine
Ram
Also see Sheep
lamb eweram flock arietine
ovine
lamb
mutton
Rat (list) kitten
pup
doe
cow
buck
bull
colony
horde
murine
Raven chick hen cock unkindness corvine
Red deer calf hind stag
hart
herd? venison
Red panda cubsow boarpack ailuirine
Reindeer (caribou) calf cow bull herdrangiferine
Rhinoceros calf cow bull herd
crash[70]
ceratorhine
Rook? ? ? building[2]
parliament[2][71]
?
S
Salamander larva? ? ? caudatan
salamandrine
Salmon parr[72] hen cock ? salmonine
Sand dollar larva pluteus (free swimming stage)
juvenile (young urchin)
? ? ? clypeasteroid
Sandpiper? ? ? fling[73] scolopacine
Sardine? ? ? family [73] ?
Sea lionpup
calf
cow bull? otarine
Sea urchin larva pluteus (free swimming stage)
juvenile (young urchin)
? ? ? ?
Seahorseseafoalseamareseastallionshoal hippocampal
Sealpup[5] cow bullherd[73]
pod[73]
rookery[73]
phocine
Sharkcub[19]
pup[74]
? bull ? selachian
squaloid
flake (AUS)
Sheep (list)
Also see Ram
lamb
lambkin
cosset
ewe
dam
ram[note 5]
buck
flock
fold
herd
ovine lamb
mutton
hoggett
Shrewshrewlet sow boar colony
drove
soricine
Skunk kit sow boar[3] surfeit mephitine
Sloth kitten
pup
baby
sow boar N/A xenarthran (broader group)
Snail ?? ? escargatoire[73][75]
rout[73][76]
walk[73]
gastropodian escargot
Snake  (list)snakelet
hatchling (a newly hatched snake)
neonate (newborn)
N/A N/A nest
ball
anguine
elapine
serpentine
viperine
ophidian
Spider  (list)spiderling? ? cluster[73]
clutter[73]
arachnine
arachnoid
Squirrel pup
kit
kitten
doe buck scurry[30]
dray[68]
sciurine
Starling ? ? ? chattering[9][28]
murmuration[2][9][11][14]
sturnine
Swan cygnet
flapper
pen cobflock lamentation cygnine
T
Tapir calf cow bull herd
tapirine
Tarsier infant doe buck herd
tarsiine
Termite larva cow bullcolony
nest
swarm
isopteran
Tiger cub[19]
whelp
tigresstiger ambush[9]
streak[30]
tigrine
Toad tadpole
toadlet
N/A N/A knot[9][11]ranine
batrachian
Turkey (list) poult hen gobbler
stag
tom
jake (immature)
rafter[77][78] ? poultry
Turtle hatchling N/A N/A bale[79] chelonian
U
V
Vicuña calf cow bullposse
herd
cameline
W
Wallaby joey jill jack mob ?
Walrus calf cow bull herd
flock
odobenine
Wasp larvaqueen
worker
droneswarm
hive
colony
nest
vespine
Water buffalo calf cow bull ? ? carabeef
Weaselpup
kit
bitch
doe
jill
buck
dog
hub
jack
gang[13]
sneak[13]
musteline
Whale calf[25] cow[26] bull pod
school
cetacean
cetaceous
blubber
Wolf pup[5]
puppy
cub
whelp
bitch
she-wolf
dog pack
lupine
canine
Wolverine kit
whelp
angelinewolverinepack
musteline
Wombat joey jill jack peregrine ?
Wren chick cow bull ? troglodytine
X
Y
Yak calf cow bull herd?
Z
Zebra colt
foal
marestallion herd[9][80]
cohort[80]
dazzle [81]
zeal[9][80]
zebrine
hippotigrine
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See also

Notes

  1. The term "flange" was originally used to denote a group of baboons in a Not the Nine O'Clock News comedy sketch entitled "Gerald the Intelligent Gorilla" where it was used for comic effect. It has since been used in the scientific literature for a collection of baboons.
  2. A worker bee is a sexually undeveloped female.
  3. Castrated male cattle are steers in the United States, or bullocks in the United Kingdom. Oxen are draft animals that are (if male) usually castrated but not necessarily. A young cow that has not given birth is a heifer. See Cattle for more names. Cows is often used informally to refer to cattle in general.
  4. Bovine refers to all species of genus Bos.
  5. 1 2 A castrated male sheep or goat is a wether. See sheep for more names.
  6. The term "cast" is a classic 15th-century term of venery that refers to only two "hawks of the tower" but in modern usage does not necessarily have the same numerical constraint. Confusingly, hawks of the tower are technically falcons and not hawks.
  7. The term "aerie" is a classic 15th-century term of venery that refers to only two "hawks of the tower" but in modern usage does not necessarily have the same numerical constraint. "Aerie" also refers to hawks and other birds of prey nesting high on a mountain top. Confusingly, hawks of the tower are technically falcons and not hawks.
  8. The term "staff" is a classic 15th-century term of venery that refers to only three "hawks of the tower" but in modern usage does not necessarily have the same numerical constraint. Confusingly, hawks of the tower are technically falcons and not hawks.
  9. The term "leash" is a classic 15th-century term of venery that refers to only three "hawks of the tower" but in modern usage does not necessarily have the same numerical constraint. Confusingly, hawks of the tower are technically falcons and not hawks.
  10. The term "flight" is a classic 15th-century term of venery that refers to only "hawks of the wrist" to include goshawks and sparrowhawks. Hawks of the wrist are true hawks in the genus Accipiter.

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