List of animal names
Terms by species or taxon

List of animal names

Section Title: Terms by species or taxon
Table Section Text: None

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 rookery gam (when searching for mates)	?

Alligator	hatchling	cow	bull	congregation	eusuchian

Alpaca	cria	hembra	macho	herd	camelid

Ant	larva pupa	queen (fertile) worker soldier	drone	army bike colony nest swarm	formic myrmicine

Anteater	pup	sow	boar	N/A	?

Antelope	calf	doe	buck	herd cluster tribe	alcelaphine bubaline antilopine

Ape	infant	N/A	N/A	shrewdness troop	simian

Armadillo	pup baby	sow	boar	N/A	cingulatan

Ass/donkey	foal	jenny	jack	herd coffle drove pace	asinine

B

Baboon	infant	babuina	?	flange congress	?

Badger	cub kit	sow	boar	cete colony	musteline

Barracuda	N/A	N/A	N/A	school	percesocine

Bat	pup	N/A	N/A	cloud colony flock	pteropine noctillionine

Bear (list)	cub	sow she-bear	boar	sleuth sloth	ursine

Beaver	kit kitten pup	N/A	N/A	family colony	castoridine

Bee	larva pupa	queen worker	drone	cast (a second swarm) cluster (of workers around the queen) colony drift erst grist hive nest rabble stand swarm	apic apian apiarian

Bird (list) Also see Aves	chick	hen	cock	flock flight pod	avian

Bison	calf	cow	bull	herd	bovine bubaline

Boar (wild pig) Also see Pig	piglet farrow shoat/shote (just weaned)	sow	?	herd singular Groups of 12 or more sounder	?

Buffalo, African (for American buffalo, see Bison)	calf	cow, heifer	bull	herd troop gang obstinancy	?

Butterfly	caterpillar larva pupa chrysalis	?	?	bivouac flutter rabble	pieridine pierine lepidopteran

C

Camel	calf	cow	bull	caravan flock herd train	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)	clowder cluster clutter glaring pounce kindle (kittens) litter (kittens) pillow (kittens)	feline

Caterpillar	?	?	?	army	?

Cattle (list)	calf	cow	bull	herd drove yoke (oxen) team (oxen)	bovine taurine (male) vaccine (female) vituline (young)	beef veal

Chameleon	?	?	?	absence	?

Chamois	calf	doe	bull	herd	rupicaprine

Cheetah	cub	she-cheetah	cheetah	coalition (male)	?

Chicken (list)	chick	hen pullet	rooster cock cockerel capon (castrated male)	flock brood peep (chicks) clutch (eggs)	galline	poultry

Chimpanzee	infant	empress	blackback	troop	panine

Chinchilla	kit	velvet sow	boar bull	?	chinchilline

Chough	chick	?	?	chattering clattering	corvine

Coati	pup kit	sow	boar	troop	nasuine

Cobra	?	?	?	quiver	elapid

Cockroach	nymph	?	?	intrusion	blattid

Cod	codling	?	?	school	gadoid gadine

Cormorant	chick shaglet	?	?	gulp flight	?

Coyote	pup puppy cub whelp	bitch	dog	pack	canine

Crab	N/A	hen jenny	cock jimmy	?	cancrine

Crane	chick colt	?	?	herd sedge sege siege	alectorine

Crocodile	hatchling	cow	bull	bask congregation float nest	crocodilian

Crow	?	?	?	murder	corvine

Curlew	?	?	?	herd	?

D

Deer	calf fawn	doe hind cow	buck stag bull hart (red deer)	bunch herd mob rangale	cervine elaphine	venison humble (organ meat)

Dinosaur (list)	hatchling juvenile	cow	bull	herd (herbivores) pack (carnivores)	dinosaurian

Dog (list)	pup puppy whelp	bitch	dog stud sire	pack (wild) kennel mute litter (young) cowardice (curs) comedy (boxers) cry (hounds)	canine

Dogfish Also see Shark	?	?	?	troop	selachian squaloid	Spiny dogfish capeshark (USA) flake (UK, AUS) huss (UK) kahada (CAN) rigg (UK) rock salmon (UK)

Dolphin	calf pup	cow	bull	school pod herd team	delphine

Donkey (list)- See Ass

Dotterel	?	?	?	trip	?

Dove	chick	hen	cock	arc cote dole dule flight piteousness pitying	columbine

Dragonfly	nymph	queen	king drake	cluster flight	anisopteran

Duck (list) Also see Mallard	duckling	duck hen	drake	On land flock herd badling brace safe sord sore waddling On water bunch paddling raft In flight skein string team	anatine fuliguline	poultry

Dugong	calf	cow	bull	herd	dugongine

Dunlin	chick	?	?	fling	?

E

Eagle	eaglet fledgling	N/A	N/A	convocation	aquiline

Echidna	puggle (in common use, but not scientifically endorsed)	?	?	N/A	tachyglossine

Eel	leptocephalus (larva) elver (juvenile)	N/A	N/A	bed swarm	anguilline

Eland	calf	cow	bull	herd	?

Elephant	calf	cow	bull	herd memory	elephantine proboscine proboscidean

Elephant seal	calf	cow	bull	herd pack	miroungan

Elk (wapiti)	calf	cow	bull	gang herd	cervine	venison

Emu	chick hatchling	hen	?	mob	?

F

Falcon	eyass/eyas	falcon	tiercel tercel terzel	?	acciptrine

Ferret	kit	jill	hob	busyness business	musteline

Finch	chick	hen	cock	charm	fringilline

Fish (list)	fry fingerling	?	?	school	piscine

Flamingo	chick	?	?	phoenicopterine

Fly	maggot	?	?	business cloud swarm	dipterous

Fox	cub kit pup	vixen	tod dog reynard	leash skulk	vulpine

Frog	polliwog tadpole froglet	?	?	army	ranine

G

Gaur	calf	cow	bull	herd	bovine gaurine	garabeef

Gazelle	calf	cow	bull	herd	gazelline

Gerbil	pup	doe	buck	horde	cricetine

Giant panda	cub	sow	boar	sleuth embarrassment	ailuropodine

Giraffe	calf	cow	bull	herd corps tower	giraffine

Gnat	larva	?	?	cloud horde rabble swarm	?

Gnu	calf	cow	bull	herd implausibility	?

Goat (list)	kid	nanny doe doeling	billy buck buckling wether (castrated)	herd flock tribe trip trippe	caprine	chevon cabrito mutton

Goldfinch	?	?	?	charm	cardueline

Goosander	?	?	?	dopping	?

Goose	gosling	goose	gander	On land flock gaggle plump In flight skein team wedge chevron	anatine anserine	poultry

Gorilla	infant	N/A	blackback silverback	band troop whoop	simian

Goshawk	?	?	?	flight	?

Grasshopper	nymph	?	?	cloud swarm	caeliferian

Grouse	?	?	?	covey pack	tetraonine

Guanaco	chulengo	?	?	herd	camelid

Guinea fowl	keet	hen	cock	rasp flock	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 drove flick husk	leverine leporine

Hawk	eyas	hen	tiercel	cast aerie staff leash flight flock Migrating in large groups kettle boil cauldron	accipitrine

Hedgehog	hoglet piglet pup	sow	boar	array	erinaceine

Heron	chick	hen	cock	flight sedge sege siege	ardeidine

Herring	?	?	?	army glean shoal	clupeidean

Hippo	calf	cow	bull	sea herd thunder	hippopotamine

Hornet	larvae pupae	queen	drone	bike nest swarm	vespine

Horse (list)	foal colt (male) filly (female) gelding (castrated male)	mare dam	stallion stud	stable stud harras herd (wild horses) band (wild horses) team (work horses) rag (colts) string (ponies) field (racehorses)	equine

Human	baby child girl (female) boy (male)	woman	man	group family band crowd clan tribe	human	long pig (See cannibalism)

Hummingbird	chick	hen	cock	?	trochiline trochilidine

Hyena	cub pup whelp	bitch	dog	cackle	hyenine

I

Ibex	kid	nanny	billy	herd	caprine

Ibis	chick	?	?	?	threskiornithine

Impala	Impala

J

Jackal	pup	?	?	pack	?

Jaguar	cub	?	?	prowl leap	?

Jay	chick	hen	cock	band party scold	corvine

Jellyfish	planula polyp ephyra	sow	boar	bloom brood fluther smack smuth	scyphozoan

K

Kangaroo	joey	flyer doe jill roo	boomer buck jack	court herd troop mob	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 desert	vanelline

Lark	chick	hen	cock	exaltation	alaudine

Lemur	infant	?	?	conspiracy	lemurine

Leopard	cub	leopardess	leopard	leap lepe	pardine

Lion	cub	lioness	lion	pride sawt	leonine

Llama	cria	hembra	macho	herd flock	camelid

Lobster	?	hen	cock	risk	homarine

Locust (list)	nymph	N/A	N/A	cloud host swarm	caelifera

Loris	infant	colony	lorisine

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	sord suit	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	simian

Moose	calf	cow	bull	herd	cervine	venison

Mosquito	nymph wriggler tumbler	N/A	N/A	swarm cloud	aedine anopheline

Mouse	kitten pup As pet food pinky/fuzzy/crawler/hopper	doe	buck	colony nest	murine

N

Narwhal	calf	?	?	?	?

Newt	eft	?	?	?	pleurodeline

Nightingale	chick	hen	cock	flock	philomelian

Nine-banded armadillo	?	?	?	?	?

O

Octopus	fry	hen	?	consortium	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	strigine

Oyster	spat	?	?	bed	ostracine

P

Panther	cub	pantheress	panther	?	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	pelecanine

Penguin	chick nestling	?	?	waddle (on land) raft (in water) rookery colony huddle tuxedo	spheniscine

Pheasant	chick	hen	cock	flock bouquet nest nide nye	phasianine

Pig (list) Also see Boar	piglet farrow shoat/shote (just weaned)	sow (bred), gilt (not bred)	boar barrow (castrated)	drift drove litter (piglets)	porcine suilline	pork ham bacon

Pigeon (list)	squab squeaker	hen	cock	flock flight kit	pullastrine	squab

Polar bear	cub	sow	boar	aurora celebration pack	ursine

Pony- See Horse

Porcupine	pup	sow	boar	prickle	hystricine

Porpoise	calf	cow	bull	pod school shoal	phocoenine

Prairie dog	pup	sow	boar	town	cynomurine

Pug	pup	bitch	dog stud sire	grumble	?

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 yoyo	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 mischief	murine

Raven	chick	hen	cock	unkindness	corvine

Red deer	calf	hind	stag hart	herd	?	venison

Red panda	cub	sow	boar	pack	ailurid

Reindeer (caribou)	calf	cow	bull	herd	rangiferine

Rhinoceros	calf	cow	bull	herd crash	ceratorhine

Rook	?	?	?	building parliament	?

S

Salamander	larva	?	?	maelstrom	caudatan salamandrine

Salmon	parr	hen	cock	?	salmonine

Sand dollar	larva pluteus (free swimming stage) juvenile (young urchin)	?	?	?	clypeasteroid

Sandpiper	?	?	?	fling	scolopacine

Sardine	?	?	?	family	?

Sea lion	pup calf	cow	bull	?	otarine

Seahorse	seafoal	seamare	seastallion	shoal	hippocampal

Seal	pup	cow	bull	herd pod rookery	phocine

Shark	cub pup	?	bull	shiver	selachian squaloid	flake (AUS)

Sheep (list) Also see Ram	lamb lambkin cosset	ewe dam	ram buck wether (castrated)	flock fold herd	ovine	lamb mutton hoggett

Shrew	shrewlet	sow	boar	colony drove	soricine

Siamang	?	?	?	?	?

Skunk	kit	sow	boar	surfeit	mephitine

Sloth	kitten pup baby	sow	boar	N/A	xenarthran (broader group)

Snail	?	N/A	N/A	escargatoire rout walk	gastropodian	escargot

Snake (list)	snakelet hatchling (newly hatched) neonate (newborn)	N/A	N/A	nest ball slither	anguine elapine serpentine viperine ophidian

Spider (list)	spiderling	?	?	cluster clutter	arachnine arachnoid

Squid	fry	shoal	Teuthidane

Squirrel	pup kit kitten	doe	buck	scurry dray	sciurine

Starling	?	?	?	chattering murmuration	sturnine

Stegosaurus	?	?	?	handful

Swan	cygnet flapper	pen	cob	flock lamentation	cygnine

T

Tapir	calf	cow	bull	herd	tapirine

Tarsier	infant	female	male	tarsiine

Termite	larva	cow	bull	colony nest swarm	isopteran

Tiger	cub whelp	tigress	tiger	ambush streak	tigrine

Toad	tadpole toadlet	N/A	N/A	knot	ranine batrachian

Turkey (list)	poult	hen	gobbler stag tom jake (immature)	rafter	?	poultry

Turtle	hatchling	N/A	N/A	bale	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 sneak	musteline

Whale	calf	cow	bull	pod school	cetacean cetaceous	blubber

Wolf	pup puppy cub whelp	bitch she-wolf	dog	pack	lupine canine

Wolverine	kit whelp	angeline	wolverine	pack	musteline

Wombat	joey	jill	jack	wisdom	?

Wren	chick	cow	bull	?	troglodytine

X

Y

Yak	calf	cow	bull	herd	?

Z

Zebra	colt foal	mare	stallion	herd cohort dazzle zeal	zebrine hippotigrine

Sentence(s)

Male foxes are known as dogs, tods, or reynards, females as vixens, and young as cubs, pups, or kits.

final_sentence: Male foxes are known as dogs, tods, or reynards, females as vixens, and young as cubs, pups, or kits.