List of Animal Names
Males, Females, Babies and Groups
There are specific names for males, females and babies for some animals, while there are generic terms, some have individual names for each case. Knowing the proper names, is a leap forward to excellent writing and speaking.
| Animal | Baby | Female | Male | Group |
| Bird | Chick | Hen | Cock | Flock |
| Canine | Pup/Puppy | Bitch | Dog | Pack |
| Feline | Kitten, cub | Queen | Tom | Clouder |
| Fish | Fry, fingerling | School, Shoal |
Specific animal names, babies, female, male and groups
| Animal | Young | Female | Male | Group |
| Aardvark | cub | sow | boar | — |
| Albatross | chick | — | — | flock, rookery |
| Alligator | hatchling | cow | bull | congregation |
| Alpaca | cria | herd | ||
| American Bison | calf | cow | bull | herd |
| Ant | Antling, larva, pupa | queen, worker, gyne | drone | army, bike, colony |
| Anteater | pup | sow | boar | — |
| Antelope | calf | doe | buck | herd, cluster, tribe |
| Armadillo | pup, baby | sow | boar | — |
| Ass/Donkey | foal | jenny | jack | herd, pace, band, drove, coffle |
| Baboon | infant | — | tribe, troop, flange | |
| Badger | cub, kit | sow | boar | cete, sett, colony, clan, company |
| Bat | pup | — | — | colony, cloud, flock |
| Bear | cub | sow | boar | sleuth, sloth |
| Beaver | kit, kitten, pup | — | — | family, colony |
| Bee | larva, pupa | queen, worker | drone | colony, drift, erst, grist,hive, nest, swarm |
| Bison | calf | cow | bull | herd, troop, gang, obstinacy |
| Buffalo | calf | cow | bull | herd, troop, gang, obstinancy |
| Butterfly | caterpillar, larva, pupa, chrysalis | rabble, flight, flutter; swarm, army (caterpillars) | ||
| Camel | calf | cow | bull | flock, herd, train |
| Caribou | calf | herd | ||
| Cat | kitten, kit | molly, queen, pussy | tom | clowder, cluster, clutter, glaring, pounce,kindle (young) |
| Cattle | calf | cow | bull | herd, drift, drove, mob, kine (female) |
| Cheetah | cub | coalition (male) | ||
| Chicken | chick, peep | hen, pullet | rooster, cock(-erel) | flock, brood, peep |
| Chimpanzee | infant | empress | blackback | troop, group, harem |
| Chinchilla | tureturle, kit | velvet, sow | boar, bull | herd |
| Clam | larva | bed | ||
| Cobra | quiver | |||
| Cockroach | nymph | intrusion | ||
| Coyote | cub, pup, whelp | bitch | dog | pack, train |
| Crab | — | hen | cock, jimmy | consortium, cast |
| Crane | chick, colt | herd, sedge, siege | ||
| Crocodile | hatchling | cow | bull | bask, nest, congregation, float, bask |
| Crow | hover, murder, parcel | |||
| Deer | calf, fawn | doe, hind, cow | buck, stag, bull, hart (red deer) | bunch, herd, mob, rangale |
| Dog | whelp, pup, puppy | bitch, dam | dog, stud, sire | pack, litter (young), kennel, gang |
| Dolphin | calf, pup | cow | bull | team, school, pod, herd, team |
| Dove | chick, squab | hen | cock | arc, cote, dole, dule, flight, piteousness, pitying |
| Duck | duckling | duck, hen | drake | On land – flock, herd, badelynge, brace, safe, sord, sore, waddling. On water – bunch, paddling, raft. In flight – skein, string, team |
| Dugong | calf | cow | bull | herd |
| Eagle | eaglet, fledgling | — | — | convocation, brood, aerie |
| Echidna | puggle | sow | boar | — |
| Elephant | calf | cow | bull | herd, flock, parade |
| Elephant seal | calf | cow | bull | herd, pack, arrangement |
| Elk (wapiti) | calf | cow | bull | gang, herd |
| Emu | chick, hatchling | mob | ||
| Falcon | eyass/eyas | falcon | tiercel, tercel, terzel | cast, |
| Ferret | kit | jill | hob | busyness, business, fesny(i)ng, fesynes |
| Fish | fry, fingerling | draft, run, school, shaol | ||
| Fox | cub, kit, pup | vixen | tod, dog, dog fox, reynard | leash, skulk |
| Frog | polliwog, tadpole, froglet | – | – | army, colony,bundle,fester, knot |
| Gazelle | calf | cow | bull | herd |
| Giant Panda | cub | sow | boar | |
| Giraffe | calf | cow | bull, sire | herd, corps, tower |
| Goat | kid | nanny, doe, doeling | billy, buck, buckling | herd, mob, tribe, trip |
| Goose | gosling | goose | gander | On ground – flock, gaggle. In flight – skein, team, wedge |
| Gorilla | infant | — | blackback,Silverback | troop, group (band) |
| Guinea pig | pup | sow | boar | herd |
| Hamster | pup | doe | buck | horde |
| Hare | leveret | doe, jill | buck, jack | band, down, warren, husk |
| Hawk | eyas | hen | tiercel | cast, kettle, boil |
| Hedgehog | hoglet, piglet, pup | sow | boar | array |
| Heron | chick | hen | cock | siege, sedge |
| Hippopotamus | calf | cow | bull | bloat, crash, herd, thunder |
| Hornet | larvae, pupae | queen | drone | swarm |
| Horse | foal, colt (male), filly (female) | mare, dam | stallion, stud | herd, band, mob, team (work horses), stable, harras, string or field (race horses) |
| Human | child, girl, boy | woman | man | band, crowd, clan, tribe |
| Hummingbird | chick | hen | cock | charm |
| Hyena | cub, pup, whelp | bitch | dog | clan, cackle |
| Jackal | pup | pack | ||
| Jaguar | cub | |||
| Jay, Blue | chick | hen | cock | charm |
| Jellyfish | planula, polyp, ephyra | sow | boar | bloom, fluther, smack, smuck, smuth |
| Kangaroo | joey | flyer, doe, jill, roo | boomer, buck,jack | mob, troop, court, herd |
| Koala | joey | doe | buck | colony, population |
| Komodo dragon | hatchling, chick, calf | cow, hen | bull, cock | bank |
| Lemur | infant | princess | dictator | plot, congress, conspiracy |
| Leopard | cub | leopardess | leopard, prowl | leap, lepe |
| Lion | cub | lioness | lion | pride, sawt |
| Llama | cria | hembra | macho | herd, flock |
| Lobster | hen | cock | ||
| Locust | nymph | — | — | cloud, host, plague, swarm |
| Mallard | duckling | hen | drake | brace, flush, lute, puddling, sord |
| Manatee | calf | cow | bull | herd |
| Meerkat | pup | — | — | clan, gang, mob |
| Mole | pup | sow | boar | labour, company, movement |
| Monkey | infant, boy/girl | — | — | tribe, troop[14] |
| Moose | calf | cow | bull | herd |
| Mouse | kitten, pinky/fuzzy/crawler, pup | doe | buck | colony, harvest, horde, mischief, nest |
| Mosquito | nymph, wriggler, tumbler | — | — | scourge, swarm, cloud |
| Mule | foal | molly, mare mule | john, horse mule | barren, pack, span, rake |
| Narwhal | calf | – | – | blessing |
| Octopus | larva | – | – | – |
| Okapi | calf | cow | bull | herd |
| Ostrich | hatchling, chick | hen | cock | flock, troop |
| Otter | pup, whelp | sow | boar | romp, bevy, lodge, family, raft |
| Owl | fledgling, owlet | parliament, stare, wisdom | ||
| Ox | calf | cow | bull, steer | yoke, team, drove, herd |
| Oyster | spat | bed, hive, cast, culch | ||
| Panther | cub | pantheress | ||
| Parrot | chick | hen | cock | company, flock |
| Pelican | chick, nestling | pod | ||
| Penguin | chick, nestling | rookery, waddle, colony (on land), raft (in water) | ||
| Pig | piglet, gilt (female) | sow | boar | herd, drove, mob, drift, litter, sounder |
| Pigeon | squab, squeaker | hen | cock | flight, loft, flock, kit, team |
| Platypus | platypus | puddle | ||
| Porcupine | pup | sow | boar | prickle |
| Porpoise | calf | cow | bull | herd, pod, school |
| Prairie Dog | pup | sow | boar | coterie, town |
| Rabbit | bunny, kit, kitten, nestling | doe, jill | buck, jack | warren, nest, colony, bevy, bury, drove, trace, leash |
| Raccoon | cub, kit | sow | boar | nursery, gaze |
| Ram | lamb | ewe | ram | flock |
| Rat | kitten, nestling, pinkie, pup, calf | doe, cow | buck, bull | colony, horde, mischief, pack, plague, swarm |
| Raven | unkindness, congress, conspiracy, parliament, murder, crime | |||
| Red deer | calf | hind | stag | herd |
| Red panda | cub | sow | boar | pack |
| Reindeer | calf | cow | bull | herd |
| Rhinoceros | calf | cow | bull | crash, herd |
| Salamander | tadpole, salamanderling | sow | boar | maelstrom, band |
| Sea lion | pup, calf | cow | bull | pod, colony, crash, flock, harem, bob, herd, rookery, team, hurdle |
| Seahorse | seafoal | seamare | seastallion | shoal |
| Seal | pup | cow | bull | pod, rookery, bob, herd, harem |
| Seastar | chick | hen | cock | group, school |
| Serval | kitten | |||
| Shark | cub | bull | frenzy, school, shiver | |
| Sheep | lamb, lambkin, cosset | ewe, dam | ram, buck | drift, drove, mob, flock, trip, herd |
| Skunk | kit | sow | boar | surfeit |
| Snail | – | n/a | n/a | hood |
| Snake | snakelet, hatchling | — | — | pit, nest or bed |
| Spider | spiderling | cluster, clutter | ||
| Squid | chick | hen | cock | roundup, audience |
| Squirrel | pup, kit, kitten | doe | buck | squad, dray, scurry |
| Stinkbug | nymph | intrusion | ||
| Swallow | flight | |||
| Swan | cygnet, flapper | pen | cob | bevy, game, flock, herd, team, wedge |
| Tapir | calf | cow | bull | measure, herd |
| Tarsier | infant | doe | buck | herd, plot, harem, troop |
| Termite | larva | cow | bull | colony, swarm |
| Tiger | cub, whelp | tigress | tiger | ambush, streak |
| Toad | tadpole, toadlet | — | — | Knot, lump, coven |
| Trout | fingerling | hoover | ||
| Turkey | poult | hen | tom, gobbler, stag | cream, rafter |
| Turtle | hatchling | — | — | bale, dule |
| Vicuña | calf | cow, señorita | bull, señor | posse, herd |
| Wallaby | joey | jill | jack | mob |
| Walrus | calf | cow | bull | herd, flock, pod |
| Wasp | larva | queen, worker | drone | swarm, hive, colony |
| Water buffalo | calf | cow | bull | pot |
| Weasel | pup, kit | bitch, doe, jill | buck, dog, hub, jack | sneak, gang |
| Whale | calf | cow | bull | gam, grind, pod, herd, school |
| Wolf | cub, pup, whelp | bitch, she-wolf | dog | pack, rout |
| Wombat | joey, chick | jill | jack | wisdom, mob |
| Woodpecker | chick | descent | ||
| Worm | wormlet | bed, bunch, clew, squirm, wiggle | ||
| Yak | calf | cow | bull | herd, cabinet |
| Zebra | colt, foal | mare | stallion | cohort, zeal, herd |
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