Animal Female Male Young

Alligator cow bull hatchling

Ant queen, princess, prince, drone antling
worker
Antelope cow bull calf, fawn, kid or yearling
Ass jenny jack, jackass foal
Badger sow boar cub
Bear sow, she-bear boar, he-bear cub
Beaver kit, kitten, pup
Bee queen, queen- drone larva
bee, worker
Bird hen cock nestling, hatchling, chick
Bison cow bull calf
Boar (wild) sow boar boarlet, piglet, shoat, farrow
Bobcat kitten or cub
Buffalo cow bull calf, yearling, or spike-bull
Camel cow bull calf or colt
Canary hen cock chick
Caribou cow, doe bull, stag, hart calf or fawn
Cat tabby, queen tom, tomcat, gib kit, kitling, kitten or pussy
Cattle cow bull calf, stot or yearling (m.
bullcalf or f. heifer)
Chicken hen, partlet, cock, rooster, chick, chicken, poult,
biddy stag cockerel or pullet
Cicada nymph
Cod codling, scrod or sprag
Cougar lioness, she-lion, tom, lion kitten or cub
pantheress
Coyote bitch dog whelp, pup
Crocodile bull hatchling
Deer hind, doe buck, stag fawn
Dog bitch dog whelp or puppy
Dolphin cow bull calf, pup
Dove hen cock pigeon or squab
Duck duck drake duckling or flapper
Eagle eaglet, fledgling
Echidna puggle
Eel fry or elver
Elephant cow bull calf
Elk cow bull calf
Ferret hob jill kit
Fish fry, fingerling, minnow or
spawn
 Fly grub or maggot
Fox vixen, bitch, she- fox, dog-fox, kit, cub, pup
fox stag, reynard
Frog polliwog, tadpole, froglet
Giraffe cow bull calf
Goat nanny, she-goat, billy, buck, kid
nannie, nannie- billie-goat, he-
goat goat
Goose goose, dame gander, stag gosling
Gorilla blackback, infant
silverback
Grouse chick, poult, squealer or
cheeper
Guinea pig sow boar pup
Hare jill jack leveret
Hawk hen tiercel eyas
Hedgehog sow boar pup, piglet
Hippopotamus cow bull calf
Horse mare, dam stallion, stag, foal, colt (m), filly (f), stat,
horse stud, stable stag, hog-colt, youngster,
horse, sire, rig yearling or hogget
Impala ewe ram
Kangaroo doe buck joey
Leopard leopardess leopard cub
Lion lioness, she-lion lion, tom whelp, cub or lionet
Lobster hen cock
Louse nit
Manatee cow bull calf
Mink sow boar kit or cub
Monkey suckling, yearling or infant
Moose cow bull calf
Mosquito larva, flapper, wriggler,
wiggler, nymph
Mouse doe buck pup, kitten
Mule she-ass, more, stallion, jackass, foal
hinny jack
Muskrat kit
Opossum jill jack joey
Ostrich hen cock chick
Otter bitch dog pup, kitten, whelp or cub
Owl jenny, howlet owlet or howlet
Ox cow, beef ox, beef, steer, stot, calf
bullock
Oyster set seed, spat or brood
Partridge hen cock cheeper
Peacock hen, pea-hen cock, peacock chick, pea-chick
Pelican chick, nestling
Penguin hen cock fledgling,chick
Pheasant hen cock chick, poult
Pig sow boar shoat, farrow, piglet
Pigeon hen cock squab, nestling, squealer
Platypus puggle
Possum jill jack joey
Quail hen cock cheeper, chick, squealer
Rabbit doe buck kitten, bunny
Raccoon sow boar Kit, cub
Rat doe buck kitten, pup
Reindeer doe buck fawn
Rhinoceros cow bull calf
Robin hen cock
Salmon hen jack salmon parr, smolts, fry
Sea Lion cow bull pup
Seal cow bull whelp, pup, cub, bachelor
Shark bull pup
Sheep ewe, dam buck, ram, male- lamb, lambkin, shearling or
sheep, mutton yearling
Skunk boar kitten
Squirrel doe buck kitten
Swan pen cob cygnet, flapper
Swine sow boar shoat, trotter, pig or piglet
Termite queen king nymph
Tiger tigeress tiger whelp, cub
Toad tadpole
Trout hen jack fry
Turkey hen gobbler, tom chick, poult
Walrus cow bull cub
Weasel bitch, doe, jill dog, buck, jack, kit
hob
Whale cow bull calf
Wolf bitch dog cub, pup
Woodchuck she-chuck he-chuck kit, cub
Zebra mare stallion foal, colt (m), filly(f)
Animal Young Female Male Group Adjective Meat
bask,
Alligator hatchling cow bull
congregation[2]
Alpaca cria[3] herd, flock
queen,
army, colony, nest, formic,
Ant larva, pupa worker, drone
swarm, bike myrmecine
gyne
alcelaphine,
Antelope calf doe buck herd, cluster bubaline,
antilopine
[4] [4]
Ape infant shrewdness, troop simian
pace, band, drove,
Ass/Donkey foal jenny jack asinine
herd, coffle
[4] troop, congress,
Baboon infant
tribe, flange[5]
cete, colony, sett,
Badger kit sow boar musteline
company
[4] [4] pteropine,
Bat pup colony, cloud
noctillionine
Bear cub sow boar sleuth ursine
kit, kitten, [4] [4]
Beaver family, colony
pup
queen, grist, hive, swarm, apic, apian,
Bee larva, pupa drone
worker [6] colony apiarian
[4] [4]
Beetle larva
avian,
muscicapine,
oscine, passerine,
Bird chick hen cock [7] flock
pendeline,
volucrine,
ornithic
Bison calf cow bull herd, troop
Bluebird cunt turdine[8]
Buffalo calf cow bull herd bovine, bubaline
rabble, flight,
Butterfly caterpillar
swarm
Buzzard chick hen cock[7] wake
Camel calf cow bull flock camelid
clowder, clutter,
Cat kitten queen tom [9] pounce, kindle feline cat meat
(young)
bovine[11], vituline
(young), vaccine
Cattle[10] calf cow bull herd, drove beef, veal
(female), taurine
(male)
Chamois calf doe bull herd
Cheetah cub coalition
Chipmunk
 rooster,
chicken[13],
Chicken chick hen, pullet cock(- flock, brood, peep galline
poultry
erel)[7][12]
Cobra quiver[14] elapine
Cockroach nymph intrusion[14]
Cormorant gulp[14], flight
cub, pup,
Coyote bitch[7] dog pack, train
whelp
Crane herd, sedge, siege alectorine
bask, nest,
Crocodile crocklet cow bull crocodilian
congregation, float
buck,
venison,
doe, hind, stag, bull,
Deer fawn, ass[7] herd cervine, elaphine humble
cow hart (red
(organ meat)
deer)
pack, litter
whelp, pup, [7]
Dog bitch sire, stud (young), kennel, canine dog meat
puppy
gang, legion
team, school, pod,
herd, alliance
Dolphin calf, pup cow bull delphine
(male), party
(female)
pace, band, drove,
Donkey/Ass[7] foal jenny jack asinine
herd, coffle
cote, flight, dole,
Dove chick columbine
dule, troop
flock, brace,
Duck duckling duck, hen drake anatine, fuliguline poultry
team[15]
[4] [4] convocation,
Eagle eaglet aquiline
brood, aerie
[4] [4]
Eel elver swarm, cell, pipe
herd, flock,
Elephant calf cow bull parade, elephantine
overabundance
Elk calf cow bull gang, herd cervine venison
Emu chick mob
Falcon eyass/eyas falcon tiercel acciptrine
Ferret kit jill hob [16] business musteline
charm, chirm,
[7]
Finch chick hen cock trembling, fringilline
trimming
Fish fry, fingerling school, shoal piscine, ichthyic
[7]
Flamingo hen cock stand phoenicopterine
reynard,
Fox cub, kit, pup vixen leash, skulk vulpine
todd, dog
polliwog,
Frog tadpole, ranine
froglet
Gazelle calf gazelline
Gerbil pup doe buck horde cricetine
Giraffe calf cow bull herd giraffine
buck,
Goat kid doe, nannie herd caprine, hircine chevon
billy[17]
Goldfinch chick hen cock[7] fringilline
gaggle (skein
Goose gosling goose gander anatine, anserine poultry
when in flight)[15]
 [4] [4] troop, group
Gorilla infant
(band)
Guanaco chulengo camelid
Guinea pig pup sow boar herd
chick,
Gull hen cock[7] flock larine
scorrie[18]
Hamster pup doe buck horde cricetine
Hare leveret doe, jill buck, jack band, down leverine, leporine
accipitrine,
Hawk eyas hen tiercel cast, kettle, boil[19]
falconine
Heron chick hen cock[7] siege[15]
bloat, crash, herd,
Hippopotamus calf cow bull hippopotamine
thunder[14]
Hog sow boar drift, herd suilline pork
Hornet larvae, pupae queen drone swarm vespine
Horse[20] foal mare stallion herd, harass equine horse meat
crowd, tribe,
humane,
Human infant,child woman man family, long pig
hominine
people.society
charm, chattering,
[7]
Hummingbird hen cock drum, hover, trochiline
troubling
cub, pup,
Hyena bitch[7] dog clan, cackle hyenine
whelp
Jackal pup pack
Jaguar cub
Jay chick hen cock[7] band, party garruline
smack, bloom,
Jellyfish ephyra brood, smuth,
smuck, fluther
boomer,
Kangaroo joey flyer, doe mob, troop, court macropodine
buck
Koala joey
[4] [4]
Ladybug larva loveliness
[7]
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[7] homarine
[4] [4] colony, infestation,
Louse nymph pediculine
lice
tiding, tittering,
Magpie hen cock[7] gulp, murder, garruline
charm, flock
sord, lute, brace,
Mallard duckling hen drake anatine
puddling, flush
manatine,
Manatee calf cow bull herd
sirenian
Mink cub, kit sow boar musteline
[4] [4] labour,company,
Mole pup talpine
movement
[4] [4] troop, barrel, tribe,
Monkey infant simian
cartload
Moose calf cow bull cervine
[4] [4]
Mosquito nymph, scourge, swarm aedine,
 wriggler,
anopheline
tumbler
nest, colony,
pinkie, kitten,
Mouse doe buck harvest, horde, murine
pup
mischief
hinny, barren, pack, span,
Mule foal jack
jenny rake
watch, flock,
Nightingale chick hen cock[7] philomelian
route, match
Ocelot
Opossum joey jill jack didelphine
Ostrich hen cock[7] flock, troop ratite, struthious ostrich meat
[4] [4] romp, bevy, lodge,
Otter pup, whelp musteline, lutrine
family, raft
parliament, stare,
Owl owlet alicia strigine
wisdom
yoke, team, drove,
Ox calf cow bull bovine
herd, nye
bed, hive, cast,
Oyster ostracine
culch
Panda cub sow boar
Panther cub pantherine
company, flock,
Parrot chick hen cock[7] prattle, psittacine
pandemonium
chick, hen,
Partridge cock[7] covey perdicine
cheeper chantelle
chick, muster,
Peafowl peahen peacock pavonine
peachick ostentation, pride
chick,
Pelican hen cock[7]
nestling
colony, rookery,
Penguin chick hen cock[7] parade, parcel, spheniscine
crèche, huddle
bouquet, nest,
alectorine,
Pheasant chick hen cock[7] nide, nye, brood, pheasant
phasianine
covey
piglet,
shoat/shote (a
pork, ham,
Pig[21] young, just sow boar herd, drove, mob porcine, sulline
bacon
weaned pig)
gilt (female)
flight, loft, flock,
Pigeon squab hen cock[7] pullastrine
kit
Polecat kit jill hob chine musteline
foal (either
sex), colt
(young,
immature
Pony mare stallion herd, string equine
male), filly
(young,
immature
female)
Quail chick hen cock[7] covey coturnine
Rabbit bunny, kit, doe, jill buck, jack warren, nest, leporine lapin, lapan
kitten, colony, bevy, bury,
 leveret,
drove, trace
nestling
Raccoon cub, kit sow boar nursery procyonine
Rail chick reeve ruff ralline
Ram lamb ewe ram flock arietine, ovine
kitten, colony, horde,
Rat nestling, doe buck pack, plague, murine
pinkie, pup swarm
unkindness[1],
congress,
conspiracy,
Raven chick hen cock[7] parliament, corvine
murder,
storytelling,
nevermore
Reindeer calf cow bull herd
Rhinoceros calf cow bull crash, herd
building,
Rook chick hen cock[7]
parliament
pod, colony, crash,
pup, beach flock, harem, bob,
Sea lion cow bull otarine
weaner herd, rookery,
team, hurdle
larva, pluteus
(free-
swimming
Sea urchin stage), Uni
juvenile
(young
urchin)
Pinniped(seal,
pup cow bull same as sea lion phocine, otarine
walrus, etc.)
[4]
Shark pup bull slew, shiver[14]
Shrike
lamb,
mutton,
hoggett,
Sheep lamb ewe ram[17] drove, flock, herd ovine
haggis
(visceral
meat)
Skunk kit boar odor musteline
snakelet,
hatchling (a anguine, elapine,
[4] [4]
Snake newly- pit, nest or bed serpentine,
hatched viperine
snake)
Snipe chick hen cock[7] walk, wisp charadrine
flight, host,
Sparrow chick hen cock[7] quarrel, tribe, passerine
ubiquity
arachnine,
Spider spiderling cluster, clutter
arachnoid
pup, kit,
Squirrel doe buck dray, scurry[14] sciurine
kitten
Swallow hen cock[7] hirundine
cygnet,
Swan pen cob cygnine
flapper
 Tiger cub tigress tiger streak[14] tigrine
tadpole, [4] [4]
Toad knot, lump ranine, batrachian
toadlet
Turkey poult, chick hen tom rafter, flock meleagrine
[4] [4]
Turtle hatchling bale, dule chelonian
buck,
bitch[7],
Weasel dog, hub, musteline
doe, jill
jack
gam, pod, herd, cetacean,
Whale calf cow bull
school cetaceous
Wildfowl chick hen cock[7] flock
cub, pup,
Wolf bitch[7], fae dog, brute pack, rout lupine
whelp
mob, warren,
Wombat joey jill jack phascolomian
wisdom, army
bed, bunch, clew, helminthic,
Worm
squirm vermian
Wren chick jenny cock[7] flock
Yak calf cow bull herd
zebrine,
Zebra foal mare stallion herd
hippotigrine

Notes

1. ^ UK Reader's Digest, Q&A page, c.2000

2. ^ "Animal group names". SanDiegoZoo.org. Zoological Society of San Diego.
3. ^ "Alpaca Cria Care"
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah This animal does not have a specific name
for the indicated gender. For example, "male cheetah".
5. ^ "Collective Terms for Groups of Animals". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University
Press.
6. ^ A worker bee is a sexually undeveloped female.
7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj This word is considered a profanity in
American English under certain connotations.
8. ^ Turdine pertains to entire family turdidae, including the true thrushes
9. ^ A castrated male cat is a gib or neuter.
10. ^ Castrated male cattle are steers in the United States, or a bullock in the United Kingdom. A
young female cow that has not given birth is a heifer. See Cattle for more names. Cow is often
used informally to refer to cattle in general.
11. ^ Bovine refers to all species of genus Bos.
12. ^ A castrated male chicken is a capon.
13. ^ chicken - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
14. ^ a b c d e f g Universe in Your Pocket by Joel Levy, published by Barnes & Noble, Inc.
15. ^ a b c A group of geese, herons, or ducks in flight is a skein.
16. ^ A castrated male ferret is a gib.
17. ^ a b A castrated male sheep or goat is a wether. See sheep for more names.
18. ^ Caithness CWS - Caithness Field Club - Annual Bulletins - 2002 - Early Flying In The North
Of Scotland
19. ^ a "kettle" or "boil" is a group of hawks swirling and cris-crossing in an air thermal, see "A
Kettle of Hawks"
20. ^ A castrated male horse is a gelding. A male foal is a colt, and a female foal is a filly.
21. ^ A young female pig that has not given birth is a gilt. A castrated male pig is a barrow.