This lists names of animals used depending on the context. Many species of animals, particularly those domesticated, have been given specific names for the male, the female, and the young of the species. There are a few generic terms, "bull-cow-calf", for instance, that are found across species, but many species have been granted unique names for these gender/age characteristics. Empty table cells indicate incomplete data, and should not be interpreted to mean that the animal does not have a specific name of that type.

It is thought that many of the bizarre words used for collective groupings of animals first published in 1486 in the Book of St. Albans, in an essay on hunting attributed to a Dame Juliana Barnes. Many of the words are thought to be chosen simply for the humorous or poetic images they conjured up in her lively imagination.

See also: List of collective nouns.

Formal names

Animal	Young	Female	Male	Group	Adjective	Meat
Alligator	hatchling	cow	bull	bask, congregation
Alpaca	cria			herd, flock
Ant	larva, pupa	queen, worker, gyne	drone	army, colony, nest, swarm, bike	formic, myrmecine
Antelope	calf	doe	buck	herd, cluster	alcelaphine, bubaline, antilopine
Ape	infant			shrewdness, troop	simian
Ass/Donkey	foal	jenny	jack	pace, band, drove, herd, coffle	asinine
Baboon	infant			troop, congress, tribe, flange
Badger	kit	sow	boar	cete, colony, sett, company	musteline
Bat	pup			colony, cloud	pteropine, noctillionine
Bear	cub	sow	boar	sleuth	ursine
Beaver	kit, kitten, pup			family, colony
Bee	larva, pupa	queen, worker	drone	grist, hive, swarm, colony	apic, apian, apiarian
Beetle	larva
Bird	chick	hen	cock	flock	avian, muscicapine, oscine, passerine, pendeline, volucrine, ornithic
Bison	calf	cow	bull	herd, troop
Bluebird					turdine
Buffalo	calf	cow	bull	herd	bovine, bubaline
Butterfly	caterpillar			rabble, flight, swarm
Buzzard	chick	hen	cock	wake
Camel	calf	cow	bull	flock	camelid
Cat	kitten	queen	tom	clowder, clutter, pounce, kindle (young)	feline	cat meat
Cattle	calf	cow	bull	herd, drove	bovine, vituline (young), vaccine (female), taurine (male)	beef, veal
Chamois	calf	doe	bull	herd
Cheetah	cub			coalition
Chipmunk
Chicken	chick	hen, pullet	rooster, cock(-erel)	flock, brood, peep	galline	chicken, poultry
Cobra				quiver	elapine
Cockroach	nymph			intrusion
Cormorant				gulp, flight
Coyote	cub, pup, whelp	bitch	dog	pack, train
Crane				herd, sedge, siege	alectorine
Crocodile	crocklet	cow	bull	bask, nest, congregation, float	crocodilian
Deer	fawn, ass	doe, hind, cow	buck, stag, bull, hart (red deer)	herd	cervine, elaphine	venison, humble (organ meat)
Dog	whelp, pup, puppy	bitch	sire, stud	pack, litter (young), kennel, gang, legion	canine	dog meat
Dolphin	calf, pup	cow	bull	team, school, pod, herd, alliance (male), party (female)	delphine
Donkey/Ass	foal	jenny	jack	pace, band, drove, herd, coffle	asinine
Dove	chick			cote, flight, dole, dule, troop	columbine
Duck	duckling	duck, hen	drake	flock, brace, team	anatine, fuliguline	poultry
Eagle	eaglet			convocation, brood, aerie	aquiline
Eel	elver			swarm, cell, pipe
Elephant	calf	cow	bull	herd, flock, parade, overabundance	elephantine
Elk	calf	cow	bull	gang, herd	cervine	venison
Emu	chick				mob
Falcon	eyass/eyas	falcon	tiercel		acciptrine
Ferret	kit	jill	hob	business	musteline
Finch	chick	hen	cock	charm, chirm, trembling, trimming	fringilline
Fish	fry, fingerling			school, shoal	piscine, ichthyic
Flamingo		hen	cock	stand	phoenicopterine
Fox	cub, kit, pup	vixen	reynard, todd, dog	leash, skulk	vulpine
Frog	polliwog, tadpole, froglet				ranine
Gazelle	calf				gazelline
Gerbil	pup	doe	buck	horde	cricetine
Giraffe	calf	cow	bull	herd	giraffine
Goat	kid	doe, nannie	buck, billy	herd	caprine, hircine	chevon
Goldfinch	chick	hen	cock		fringilline
Goose	gosling	goose	gander	gaggle (skein when in flight)	anatine, anserine	poultry
Gorilla	infant			troop, group (band)
Guanaco	chulengo				camelid
Guinea pig	pup	sow	boar	herd
Gull	chick, scorrie	hen	cock	flock	larine
Hamster	pup	doe	buck	horde	cricetine
Hare	leveret	doe, jill	buck, jack	band, down	leverine, leporine
Hawk	eyas	hen	tiercel	cast, kettle, boil	accipitrine, falconine
Heron	chick	hen	cock	siege
Hippopotamus	calf	cow	bull	bloat, crash, herd, thunder	hippopotamine
Hog		sow	boar	drift, herd	suilline	pork
Hornet	larvae, pupae	queen	drone	swarm	vespine
Horse	foal	mare	stallion	herd, harass	equine	horse meat
Human	infant,child	woman	man	crowd, tribe, family, people.society	humane, hominine	long pig
Hummingbird		hen	cock	charm, chattering, drum, hover, troubling	trochiline
Hyena	cub, pup, whelp	bitch	dog	clan, cackle	hyenine
Jackal	pup			pack
Jaguar	cub
Jay	chick	hen	cock	band, party	garruline
Jellyfish	ephyra			smack, bloom, brood, smuth, smuck, fluther
Kangaroo	joey	flyer, doe	boomer, buck	mob, troop, court	macropodine
Koala	joey
Ladybug	larva			loveliness
Lark	chick	hen	cock	exaltation	alaudine
Leopard	cub	leopardess	leopard	leap, lepe	pardine
Lion	cub	lioness	lion	pride	leonine
Llama	cria	hembra	macho	herd, flock	camelid
Lobster		hen	cock		homarine
Louse	nymph			colony, infestation, lice	pediculine
Magpie		hen	cock	tiding, tittering, gulp, murder, charm, flock	garruline
Mallard	duckling	hen	drake	sord, lute, brace, puddling, flush	anatine
Manatee	calf	cow	bull	herd	manatine, sirenian
Mink	cub, kit	sow	boar		musteline
Mole	pup			labour,company, movement	talpine
Monkey	infant			troop, barrel, tribe, cartload	simian
Moose	calf	cow	bull		cervine
Mosquito	nymph, wriggler, tumbler			scourge, swarm	aedine, anopheline
Mouse	pinkie, kitten, pup	doe	buck	nest, colony, harvest, horde, mischief	murine
Mule	foal	hinny, jenny	jack	barren, pack, span, rake
Nightingale	chick	hen	cock	watch, flock, route, match	philomelian
Opossum	joey	jill	jack		didelphine
Ostrich		hen	cock	flock, troop	ratite, struthious	ostrich meat
Otter	pup, whelp			romp, bevy, lodge, family, raft	musteline, lutrine
Owl	owlet	alicia		parliament, stare, wisdom	strigine
Ox	calf	cow	bull	yoke, team, drove, herd, nye	bovine
Oyster				bed, hive, cast, culch	ostracine
Panda	cub	sow	boar
Panther	cub				pantherine
Parrot	chick	hen	cock	company, flock, prattle, pandemonium	psittacine
Partridge	chick, cheeper	hen, chantelle	cock	covey	perdicine
Peafowl	chick, peachick	peahen	peacock	muster, ostentation, pride	pavonine
Pelican	chick, nestling	hen	cock
Penguin	chick	hen	cock	colony, rookery, parade, parcel, crèche, huddle	spheniscine
Pheasant	chick	hen	cock	bouquet, nest, nide, nye, brood, covey	alectorine, phasianine	pheasant
Pig	piglet, shoat/shote (a young, just weaned pig) gilt (female)	sow	boar	herd, drove, mob	porcine, sulline	pork, ham, bacon
Pigeon	squab	hen	cock	flight, loft, flock, kit	pullastrine
Polecat	kit	jill	hob	chine	musteline
Pony	foal (either sex), colt (young, immature male), filly (young, immature female)	mare	stallion	herd, string	equine
Quail	chick	hen	cock	covey	coturnine
Rabbit	bunny, kit, kitten, leveret, nestling	doe, jill	buck, jack	warren, nest, colony, bevy, bury, drove, trace	leporine	lapin, lapan
Raccoon	cub, kit	sow	boar	nursery	procyonine
Rail	chick	reeve	ruff		ralline
Ram	lamb	ewe	ram	flock	arietine, ovine
Rat	kitten, nestling, pinkie, pup	doe	buck	colony, horde, pack, plague, swarm	murine
Raven	chick	hen	cock	unkindness , congress, conspiracy, parliament, murder, storytelling, nevermore	corvine
Reindeer	calf	cow	bull	herd
Rhinoceros	calf	cow	bull	crash, herd
Rook	chick	hen	cock	building, parliament
Sea lion	pup, beach weaner	cow	bull	pod, colony, crash, flock, harem, bob, herd, rookery, team, hurdle	otarine
Sea urchin	larva, pluteus (free-swimming stage), juvenile (young urchin)					Uni
Pinniped(seal, walrus, etc.)	pup	cow	bull	same as sea lion	phocine, otarine
Shark	pup		bull	slew, shiver
Shrike
Sheep	lamb	ewe	ram	drove, flock, herd	ovine	lamb, mutton, hoggett, haggis (visceral meat)
Skunk	kit		boar	odor	musteline
Snake	snakelet, hatchling (a newly-hatched snake)			pit, nest or bed	anguine, elapine, serpentine, viperine
Snipe	chick	hen	cock	walk, wisp	charadrine
Sparrow	chick	hen	cock	flight, host, quarrel, tribe, ubiquity	passerine
Spider	spiderling			cluster, clutter	arachnine, arachnoid
Squirrel	pup, kit, kitten	doe	buck	dray, scurry	sciurine
Swallow		hen	cock		hirundine
Swan	cygnet, flapper	pen	cob		cygnine
Tiger	cub	tigress	tiger	streak	tigrine
Toad	tadpole, toadlet			knot, lump	ranine, batrachian
Turkey	poult, chick	hen	tom	rafter, flock	meleagrine
Turtle	hatchling			bale, dule	chelonian
Weasel		bitch, doe, jill	buck, dog, hub, jack		musteline
Whale	calf	cow	bull	gam, pod, herd, school	cetacean, cetaceous
Wildfowl	chick	hen	cock	flock
Wolf	cub, pup, whelp	bitch, fae	dog, brute	pack, rout	lupine
Wombat	joey	jill	jack	mob, warren, wisdom, army	phascolomian
Worm				bed, bunch, clew, squirm	helminthic, vermian
Wren	chick	jenny	cock	flock
Yak	calf	cow	bull	herd
Zebra	foal	mare	stallion	herd	zebrine, hippotigrine

Notes

External links

• Dictionary.com Animal Names