Animal Babies And Groups

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Ever wonder what the your favorite animal baby is called? Or what the difference is between a herd and a pack? Check this handy alphabetical list for the names of male, female, baby and animal groups!

Animal	Male	Female	Baby	Group
Aardvark	boar	sow	calf, cub	pack
Alligator	bull	cow	hatchling	congregation
Alpaca	cria	herd
Antelope	buck	doe	calf	herd
Ape	baby	shrewdness
Baboon	infant	troop
Badger	boar	sow	kit, cub	cete
Bat	pup	colony
Bear	boar	sow	cub	sleuth, sloth
Beaver	pup, kit	colony
Bee	drone	queen, worker	larva	hive, swarm (in flight), drift, erst
Bird	cock	hen	chick	fleet, flock, flight, congregation, parcel, pod, volery or dissimulation (small birds only)
Bison, Buffalo	bull	cow	calf	herd
Boar	boar	sow	piglet, shoat, farrow	sounder
Butterfly	caterpillar, larva, pupa, chrysalis	swarm, rabble, kaleidoscope, or flutter (a group of caterpillars is an army)
Camel	bull	cow	calf	caravan
Cat	tomcat	queen	kitten	clowder, litter (young born to one female)
Cattle	bull	cow	calf	herd
Cheetah	cub	coalition
Chicken	rooster	hen	chick	flock, brood (of hens), clutch (of chicks), peep (of chicks)
Clam	larva	bed
Cockroach	nymph	intrusion
Codfish	codling, hake, sprag, sprat	school
Coyote	dog	bitch	pup, whelp	pack, rout
Crow	cock	hen	chick	murder, muster
Deer	buck, stag	doe	fawn	herd, mob
Dinosaur	bull	cow	hatchling, juvenile	herd (of plant-eaters), pack (of meat-eaters)
Dog	dog	bitch	pup	litter (pups from one mother), pack (wild), kennel (domestic)
Dolphin	bull	cow	pup, calf	herd, pod, school
Donkey	jack, jackass	jennet, jenny	colt, foal	drove, herd
Dove	cock	hen	squab, chick	dole, flight, piteousness
Duck	drake	duck	duckling	safe (on land)paddling, raft, bunch (on water)
Eagle	fledgling, eaglet	aerie, convocation
Echidna	puggle
Eel	leptocephalus (larva), elver (juvenile)	swarm
Elephant	bull	cow	calf	herd, memory
Elk	bull	cow	calf	herd, gang
Emu	chick, hatchling	mob
Falcon	tiercel	falcon	chick	cast
Ferret	hob	jill	kit	business
Fish	fry, fingerling	draft, run, school, shoal
Finch	cock	hen	chick	charm
Flamingo	chick	colony, flamboyance, flurry, stand, regiment
Fly	maggot	cloud, swarm
Fox	reynard, dog, dog fox, or tod	vixen	kit, cub, pup	skulk, leash, troop
Frog	tadpole, polliwog, froglet	army, colony, knot
Gerbil	buck	doe	pup	clan
Giraffe	bull	doe	calf	herd, corps, tower, group
Gnat	larva	cloud, horde
Gnu	bull	cow	calf	herd
Goat	buck, billy	doe, nanny	kid, billy	herd, tribe, trip
Goose	gander	goose	gosling	flock, gaggle (not in flight), skein (while in flight), wedge (flying in a "V" formation)
Gorilla	silverback (mature)	infant	troop, band
Grasshopper	nymph	swarm
Guinea pig	boar	sow	pup	group
Gull	cock	hen	chick	colony
Hamster	buck	doe	pup	horde
Hare	buck	doe	leveret	down, husk, warren
Hawk	tiercel	hen	eyas	cast, kettle (flight)
Hedgehog	boar	sow	piglet, pup	array
Heron	cock	hen	chick	sedge, siege
Hippopotamus	bull	cow	calf	bloat
Hornet	larva	nest
Hog	boar	sow	shoat, farrow	drove, herd, litter (a group of young born to one mother)
Horse	stallion, stud	mare, dam	foal, colt (male), filly (female)	stable, harras, herd, team (working horses), string or field (race horses)
Hummingbird	cock	hen	chick	charm
Hyena	cub	clan, cackle
Jellyfish	ephyna	smack, swarm
Kangaroo	buck, boomer, jack	doe, flyer, jill, roo	joey	troop, herd, mob
Koala	buck	doe	joey	colony (Koalas don't tend to form groups)
Leopard	leopard	leopardess	cub	leap, prowl (some say it should be a spot of leopards)
Lion	lion	lioness	cub	pride
Llama	cria	herd
Locust	host, swarm
Marten	kit	richness
Mole	boar	sow	pup	labor
Monkey	infant	troop, cartload
Moose	bull	cow	calf	herd
Mosquito	lymph, wriggler, tumbler	swarm
Mouse	buck	doe	pinky	horde, mischief
Mule	john	molly	foal	barren, pack, span
Nightingale	cock	hen	chick	watch
Opossum	jack	jill	joey	passel
Ostrich	cock	hen	chick	flock
Otter	dog	bitch	pup	bevy, family, lodge, rompraft (when in water)
Owl	owlet, fledgling	parliament, stare
Ox	steer, bull	cow	stot, calf	drove, herd, yoke
Oyster	spat	bed
Panda Bear	boar	sow	cub	embarrassment
Parrot	cock	hen	chick	company, flock
Peafowl	peacock	peahen	peachick	muster, ostentation
Penguin	chick	rookeryraft (in the water)
Pheasant	cock	hen	chick	brood (a family), nye (a large group)
Pig	boar	sow	piglet, shoat, farrow	drove, herd, litter (of pups), sounder
Pigeon	cock	hen	squab, squeaker	flock, kit
Polar Bear	boar	sow	cub	aurora
Porpoise	bull	cow	calf	herd, pod, school
Prairie dog	boar	sow	pup	coterie, town
Puffin	puffling	burrow, circus, puffery
Rabbit	buck	doe	kitten, bunny, kit	colony, drove, leash, nest, trace, warren
Raccoon	boar	sow	cub	nursery, gaze
Rat	buck	doe	pup, kitten	pack, mischief
Reindeer	bull	cow	calf	herd
Rhinoceros	bull	cow	calf	crash
Seal	bull	cow	pup	herd, pod, rookery
Shark	bull	female	pup	shiver, school
Sheep	buck, ram	ewe, dam	lamb, lambkin, cosset	drift, drove, flock, herd, mob, trip
Skunk	buck	doe	kit	surfeit
Snake	Snakelet, neonate (a newly-born snake)	bed, nest, pit
Spider	spiderling	cluster, clutter
Starfish	larva	galaxy
Swan	cob	pen	cygnet, swanling	bevy, wedge (when flying in a "V" formation)
Tiger	tiger	tigress	cub, whelp	ambush, streak
Toad	tadpole	knot
Turkey	tom or gobbler (adult male),jake (juvenile male)	hen	poult	rafter
Turtle	hatchling	bale, turn
Walrus	bull	cow	cub, pup	pod
Wasp	drone	queen, worker	larva	colony
Whale	bull	cow	calf	pod
Wolf	dog	bitch	pup, whelp	pack, rout
Yak	bull	cow, dri, nak	calf	herd
Zebra	stallion	mare	colt, foal	harem (group of females), zeal, dazzle

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