List of animal names

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

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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	kit	velvet 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	dog	pack	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	bull	school[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	nymph	queen	king drake	cluster flight	anisopteran
Duck (list) Also see Mallard	duckling	duck hen	drake	On 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	falcon	tiercel 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]	vixen	tod dog reynard	leash[9][11] skulk[9][11]	vulpine
Frog	polliwog 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	cub	sow	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	gander	On 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	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[50] drove[50] flick[50] husk[50]	leverine leporine
Hawk	eyas	hen	tiercel	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	dog	cackle[9][11]	hyenine
I
Ibex	kid	nanny	billy	?	?
Ibis	chick	?	?	?	threskiornithine
J
Jackal	pup	?	?	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	herd	sauveline 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	lion	pride 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	herd	okapine
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
Oyster	spat	?	?	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	peahen	peacock	?	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
Porcupine	pup	sow	boar	prickle[68]	hystricine
Porpoise	calf	cow	bull	pod school shoal	phocoenine
Prairie dog	pup	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	ewe	ram	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	cub	sow	boar	pack	ailuirine
Reindeer (caribou)	calf	cow	bull	herd	rangiferine
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 lion	pup calf	cow	bull	?	otarine
Sea urchin	larva pluteus (free swimming stage) juvenile (young urchin)	?	?	?	?
Seahorse	seafoal	seamare	seastallion	shoal	hippocampal
Seal	pup[5]	cow	bull	herd[73] pod[73] rookery[73]	phocine
Shark	cub[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
Shrew	shrewlet	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	cob	flock lamentation	cygnine
T
Tapir	calf	cow	bull	herd	tapirine
Tarsier	infant	doe	buck	herd	tarsiine
Termite	larva	cow	bull	colony nest swarm	isopteran
Tiger	cub[19] whelp	tigress	tiger	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	bull	posse herd	cameline
W
Wallaby	joey	jill	jack	mob	?
Walrus	calf	cow	bull	herd flock	odobenine
Wasp	larva	queen worker	drone	swarm hive colony nest	vespine
Water buffalo	calf	cow	bull	?	?	carabeef
Weasel	pup 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	angeline	wolverine	pack	musteline
Wombat	joey	jill	jack	peregrine	?
Wren	chick	cow	bull	?	troglodytine
X
Y
Yak	calf	cow	bull	herd	?
Z
Zebra	colt foal	mare	stallion	herd[9][80] cohort[80] dazzle [81] zeal[9][80]	zebrine hippotigrine

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See also

• List of collective nouns for animals
• Lists of animals
• List of animal sounds

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. 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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4. "Merriam Webster Dictionary".
5. "Pup"
6. National Geographic Animals: Albatross http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/albatross/
7. Ivan G. Sparkes, Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms ().
8. Riddell, Te Aorere. Toroa: The Royal Albatross. Huia, 2003. 11. Print.
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Further reading

• Peter Gray, "The encyclopedia of the biological sciences", 1970
• Lipton, James (1993) [1968]. An Exaltation of Larks (Ultimate ed.). Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-017096-2.