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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