List of animal names

This list gives names of animals used depending on the context. Many species of animals, particularly those domesticated, have been given specific names for the male, the female, and the young of the species. There are a few generic terms, "bull-cow-calf", for instance, that are found across species, but many species have been granted unique names for these gender/age characteristics. An empty table cell indicates incomplete data and should not be interpreted to mean that the animal does not have a specific name of that type. However, a table cell with a dash in it signifies that no term for the indicated combination exists.

It is thought that many of the bizarre words used for collective groupings of animals were first published in 1486 in The Book of Saint Albans, in an essay on hunting attributed to Dame Juliana Berners. Many of the words are thought to have been chosen simply for the humorous or poetic images they conjured up in her lively imagination.^[1]^[2]

Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Generic terms[edit]

This table contains terms generally applicable across some common categories of animals.

Animal	Young	Female	Male	Group	Adjective	Gender unspecified generic term
Bird	chick	hen	cock	flock	avian	bird
Bovidae	calf	cow	bull	herd	bovine	cow, cattle
Canidae	puppy, pup^[6]	bitch	dog	pack	canine	dog
Equidae	colt (male), filly (female), foal	jenny (asses), mare (other equids)	jack (asses), stallion (other equids)	herd	equine	horse
Felidae	kitten, cub	queen	tom	clowder	feline	cat
Fish	fry, fingerling			school, shoal	piscine, ichthyic	fish

Terms by species or taxon[edit]

Animal	Young	Female	Male	Group	Adjective	Meat
Aardvark	cub	sow	boar	—	orycteropodian
Albatross	chick	—	—	flock^[7] rookery^[8] gam (when searching for mates)^[9]
Alligator	hatchling	cow	bull	congregation^[10]	eusuchian
Alpaca	cria			herd	camelid
American Bison (American Buffalo)	calf	cow	bull	herd	bovine bubaline
Ant	larva pupa	queen worker gyne	drone	army^[11] bike^[11] colony^[11]^[12] nest^[10] swarm^[11]	formic myrmecine
Anteater	pup	sow	boar	—
Antelope	calf^[13]	doe	buck	herd^[11]^[14] cluster^[11]^[14] tribe^[11]^[14]	alcelaphine bubaline antilopine
Ape	infant	—	—	shrewdness^[1]^[3]^[10]^[14] troop^[10]^[11]^[14]	simian
Armadillo	pup baby	sow	boar	—	cingulatan
Ass/Donkey	foal	jenny	jack	herd^[11] coffle^[11]^[14] drove^[10]^[11]^[14] pace^[11]^[12]^[14]	asinine
Baboon	infant	—		flange^[15] ^{[note 1]} tribe^{[citation needed]} troop^[3]^[10]^[15]
Badger	cub kit	sow	boar	cete^[3]^[10]^[12]^[15] clan^{[citation needed]} colony^[15] company^{[citation needed]}	musteline
Barracuda				school^[16]	percesocine
Bat	pup	—	—	cloud^[15]^[17] colony^[12]^[15] flock^[18]	pteropine noctillionine
Bear	cub^[19]	sow	boar	sleuth^[10]^[12]^[15] sloth^[10]^[12]^[15]	ursine
Beaver	kit kitten pup	—	—	family^[10] colony^[10]^[15]	castorine^[20]
Bee	larva pupa	queen worker ^{[note 2]}	drone	cast (a second swarm)^[15] cluster (of workers around the queen)^[15] colony^[15] drift^[3]^[15] erst^[3]^[15] grist^[10]^[15] hive^[3]^[10]^[15] nest^[10] rabble^[15] stand^[15] swarm^[3]^[10]^[15]	apic apian apiarian
Bison - See American Bison
Boar (wild pig) Also see Pig	piglet farrow shoat/shote (just weaned)			herd^[15] singular^[10]^[15] sounder^[10]
Buffalo (African Buffalo) For American Buffalo - See American Bison	calf	cow, heifer	bull	herd^[10]^[12]^[15] troop^[10] gang^[10]^[12]^[15] obstinancy^[10]^[12]^[15]
Bush baby	infant	queen	king drake	congress^{[citation needed]} gathering^{[citation needed]} plot^{[citation needed]}	galagine
Butterfly	caterpillar larva pupa chrysalis			flight^[15] flutter^[10] rabble^[15]	pieridine pierine lepidopteran
Camel	calf	cow	bull	caravan^[10] flock^[10] herd train^[10]	camelid cameline
Caribou	calf			herd
Cat	kitten kit	molly queen pussy	tom gib (castrated male)^[21]	clowder^[3]^[10] cluster^[10] clutter^[22] glaring^[3]^[10] pounce^[10] kindle (kittens)^[23] litter (kittens)	feline
Caterpillar				army^[10]
Cattle^{[note 3]}	calf^[24]	cow^[25]	bull	herd^[10] drove^[10] mob^{[citation needed]} team (Oxen)	bovine^{[note 4]} taurine (male) vaccine (female) vituline (young)	beef veal
Chamois	calf	doe	bull	herd	rupicaprine
Cheetah	cub			coalition (male)^[26]
Chicken	chick	hen pullet	rooster cock cockerel capon (castrated male)	flock brood^[10] peep (chicks)^[10] clutch (eggs)	galline	poultry
Chimpanzee	infant	empress	blackback	troop^{[citation needed]} group^{[citation needed]} harem^{[citation needed]}	panine
Chinchilla	kit	velvet sow	boar bull	herd^{[citation needed]} colony^{[citation needed]}	chinchilline
Chough	chick			chattering^[1]^[3]^[27] clattering^[1]^[3]^[28]	corvine
Clam	larva			bed^{[citation needed]}
Cobra				quiver^[29]	elapid
Cockroach	nymph			intrusion^[29]	blattid
Cod	codling sprat^{[citation needed]}			school
Cormorant	chick shaglet			gulp^[29] flight
Coyote	cub pup whelp	bitch	dog	pack train^{[citation needed]} band^{[citation needed]}	canine
Crab	—	hen jenny	cock jimmy	cast^{[citation needed]} consortium^{[citation needed]}	cancrine
Crane	chick colt^[30]			herd sedge^{[citation needed]} siege^{[citation needed]}	alectorine
Crocodile	hatchling	cow	bull	bask^[10] congregation float^[10] nest	crocodilian
Crow				horde^{[citation needed]} hover^{[citation needed]} murder^[3]^[10]	corvine
Curlew				herd^[1]^[3]
Deer	calf^[13] fawn	doe hind cow^[13]	buck stag bull^[13] hart (red deer)	bunch^[31] herd^[31] mob^[31] rangale^[31] clash^{[citation needed]} gang^{[citation needed]} leash^{[citation needed]} (buck) brace^{[citation needed]} (roe) bevy^{[citation needed]}	cervine elaphine	venison humble (organ meat)
Dinosaur	hatchling juvenile	cow	bull	herd (herbivores) pack (carnivores)
Dog	pup^[6] puppy whelp	bitch dam	dog stud sire	pack^[31] kennel^[31] gang^{[citation needed]} legion^{[citation needed]} mute^{[citation needed]} litter (young) cowardice (curs)^{[citation needed]} cry (hounds)^{[citation needed]}	canine
Dogfish				troop^[31]		capeshark (USA) rock salmon (UK) flake (UK, AUS) huss (UK) rigg (UK) kahada (CAN)^[32]
Dolphin	calf pup	cow	bull	school^[31] pod herd team^[31] alliance (male)^{[citation needed]} party (female)^{[citation needed]}	delphine
Donkey - See Ass
Dotterel				trip^[3]^[12]
Dove	chick	hen	cock	arc^[10] bevy^{[citation needed]} cote dole^[3]^[31] dule^[10]^[31] flight^[3]^[10]^[31] paddling^{[citation needed]} piteousness^[3]^[31] pitying^[10]	columbine
Dragonfly	nymph	queen	king drake	cluster flight	anisopteran
Duck Also see Mallard	duckling	duck hen	drake	On land flock herd badling^[12] brace^[12] safe^[3] sord^[31] sore^[31] waddling^[31] On water bunch^[3]^[31] paddling^[3]^[31] raft^[3]^[31] In flight skein^[31] string^[31] team^[12]^[31]	anatine fuliguline	poultry
Dugong	calf	cow	bull	herd	dugongine
Dunlin	chick			fling^[3]
Eagle	eaglet fledgling	—	—	convocation^[10]^[12]	aquiline
Echidna	puggle (in common use, but not scientifically endorsed)			—	tachyglossine
Eel	leptocephalus (larva) elver (juvenile)	—	—	array^{[citation needed]} bed^{[citation needed]} cell^{[citation needed]} fry^{[citation needed]} pipe^{[citation needed]} swarm^{[citation needed]}
Eland	calf	cow	bull	herd
Elephant	calf^[24]	cow^[25]	bull^[33]	herd memory^{[citation needed]} parade^{[citation needed]}	elephantine proboscine proboscidean
Elephant seal	calf	cow	bull	herd pack arrangement^{[citation needed]}	miroungan
Elk (wapiti)	calf^[13]	cow^[13]	bull^[13]	gang^{[citation needed]} herd^{[citation needed]}	cervine	venison
Emu	chick hatchling			mob^{[citation needed]}
Falcon	eyass/eyas	falcon	tiercel tercel terzel	cast^{[citation needed]}	acciptrine
Ferret	kit	jill	hob	busyness^[1] business^[10]^[12] cast^{[citation needed]} fesnyng^{[citation needed]} fesynes^{[citation needed]}	musteline
Finch	chick	hen	cock	charm^{[citation needed]} quiver	fringilline
Fish	fry fingerling			draft^{[citation needed]} nest^{[citation needed]} run school shoal When caught catch drought^{[citation needed]} haul	piscine
Flamingo				stand^{[citation needed]} flamboyance^{[citation needed]}
Fly	maggot			business^{[citation needed]} cloud^{[citation needed]} swarm	dipterous
Fox	cub^[19] kit pup^[6]	vixen	tod dog reynard	earth^{[citation needed]} lead^{[citation needed]} leash^[10]^[12] skulk^[10]^[12] troop^{[citation needed]}	vulpine
Frog	polliwog tadpole froglet	-	-	army^{[citation needed]} colony^{[citation needed]} knot^{[citation needed]}	ranine
Gaur	calf	cow	bull	herd	bovine gaurine	garabeef
Gazelle	calf^[13]	cow^[13]	bull^[13]	herd	gazelline
Gerbil	pup	doe	buck	horde	cricetine
Giant Panda	cub	sow	boar
Giraffe	calf	cow	bull	herd corps tower^[34]	giraffine
Gnat	larva			cloud^[10]^[12] horde^[10]^[12] swarm^[10]
Gnu	calf	cow	bull	herd implausibility^{[citation needed]}
Goat	kid	nanny doe doeling	billy buck buckling ^{[note 5]}	drove^{[citation needed]} flock^{[citation needed]} herd mob tribe^{[citation needed]} trip^{[citation needed]}	caprine hircine	chevon cabrito mutton
Goose	gosling	goose	gander	On land corps^{[citation needed]} flock gaggle herd In flight skein^[3] team^[3] wedge^[3]	anatine anserine	poultry
Goldfinch				charm^{[citation needed]}
Goldfish				glint^{[citation needed]} troubling^{[citation needed]}
Gorilla	infant	—	blackback silverback	troop band	simian
Goshawk				flight^[1]
Grasshopper	nymph			cloud swarm
Grouse				covey^{[citation needed]}
Guanaco	chulengo				camelid
Guinea fowl	chick	hen	cock	confusion^{[citation needed]} flock^[35]	numidine	poultry
Guinea pig	pup	sow	boar	herd		cui
Gull	chick scorrie^[36]	hen	cock	colony flock	larine
Hamster	pup	doe	buck	horde	cricetid
Hare	leveret	doe jill	buck jack	band down^[37] drove^[37] flick^[37] husk^[37]	leverine leporine
Hawk	eyas	hen	tiercel	boil^[10]^[12] cast^[10]^[12] kettle^[10]^[12] ^{[note 6]}	accipitrine falconine
Hedgehog	hoglet piglet pup	sow	boar	array^[37]	erinaceine
Heron	chick	hen	cock	flight^[37] sedge^[10]^[12]^[37] sege^[37] siege^[10]^[12]^[37]
Herring				army^[12]^[37] glean^[37] shoal^[37]
Hippopotamus	calf	cow	bull	bloat^[10]^[12]^[37] herd^[37] thunder^[29]	hippopotamine
Hornet	larvae pupae	queen	drone	nest^[12] swarm	vespine
Horse	foal colt (male) filly (female) gelding (castrated male)	mare dam	stallion stud	stable^[10] stud^[12] harras^[12] herd (wild horses)^[10] band (wild horses)^[10] team (work horses)^[10]^[12] rag (colts)^[12] string (ponies)^[12] field (racehorses)	equine
Human	baby child girl boy	woman	man	family band crowd clan tribe	human	long pig^[38] (See cannibalism)
Hummingbird	chick	hen	cock	charm^{[citation needed]}
Hyena	cub pup whelp	bitch	dog	clan^{[citation needed]} cackle^[10]^[12]	hyenine
Jackal	pup			pack
Jaguar	cub
Jay				band^{[citation needed]} party^{[citation needed]} scold^{[citation needed]}	corvine
Jay, Blue	chick	hen	cock	charm	corvine
Jellyfish	planula polyp ephyra^[39]	sow	boar	bloom fluther^[3] smack^[3]^[12] smuth^[8]	scyphozoan
Kangaroo	joey	flyer doe jill roo	boomer buck jack	court herd mob^{[citation needed]} troop^{[citation needed]}	macropodine
Koala	joey	doe	buck	colony^{[citation needed]}	phascolarctine
Komodo dragon	hatchling chick calf	cow hen	bull cock	bank^{[citation needed]}	varanine
Kouprey	calf	cow	bull	herd	sauveline bovine
Kudu	calf	cow	bull	herd
Lapwing	chick			deceit^[1]^[12] desert^[3]
Lark	chick	hen	cock	exaltation^[1]^[3]	alaudine
Lemur	infant	princess	dictator	congress^{[citation needed]} conspiracy^{[citation needed]} plot^{[citation needed]}	lemurine
Leopard	cub	leopardess	leopard	leap^[3]^[10]^[12] lepe^[3]	pardine
Lion	cub^[19]	lioness	lion	pride sawt troop^{[citation needed]}	leonine
Llama	cria	hembra	macho	herd flock	camelid
Lobster		hen^[4]	cock^[4]		homarine
Locust	nymph	—	—	cloud host plague^{[citation needed]} swarm	caelifera
Loris	infant			colony^[40]	lorisine^[41]
Louse	nymph	—	—	colony	pediculine
Lyrebird	chick	hen	cock	musket^{[citation needed]}	menurine
Magpie	chick	hen	cock	flock charm^{[citation needed]} gulp^{[citation needed]} murder^{[citation needed]} tiding^{[citation needed]} tittering^{[citation needed]} tribe^{[citation needed]}	garruline
Mallard Also see Duck	duckling	hen susie^[42]	drake greenhead^[42]	flush^{[citation needed]} lute^{[citation needed]} puddling^{[citation needed]}	anatine	poultry
Manatee	calf	cow	bull	herd	manatine sirenian
Marten				richness^{[citation needed]}
Meerkat	pup	—	—	clan^{[citation needed]} gang^{[citation needed]} mob^{[citation needed]}
Mink	cub kit	sow	boar		musteline
Mole	pup	sow	boar	company^{[citation needed]} labour^{[citation needed]} movement^{[citation needed]}	talpine
Monkey	infant	—	—	tribe^{[citation needed]} troop^[3]	simian
Moose	calf^[13]	cow^[13]	bull^[13]^[33]	herd	cervine	venison
Mouse	kitten pup As pet food pinky/fuzzy/crawler/hopper^[43]	doe	buck	colony harvest horde mischief^{[citation needed]} nest	murine
Mosquito	nymph wriggler tumbler	—	—	scourge^{[citation needed]} swarm cloud	aedine anopheline
Mule	foal	molly	john	barren^{[citation needed]} pack^{[citation needed]} span^{[citation needed]}
Narwhal	calf	-	-	blessing^{[citation needed]}	-
Newt	eft^[44]	-	-	-	-
Nightingale	chick	hen	cock	flock route^{[citation needed]} watch^{[citation needed]}	philomelian
Octopus	fry			consortium ^[45]
Okapi	calf	cow	bull	herd	okapine
Opossum	joey	jill	jack
Oryx	calf
Ostrich	hatchling chick	hen	cock	flock troop	ratite struthious
Otter	pup whelp	sow	boar	romp^{[citation needed]} bevy^{[citation needed]} family^{[citation needed]} raft^{[citation needed]}	musteline lutrine
Owl	fledgling owlet			parliament^[10] stare^{[citation needed]}	strigine
Ox	calf	cow	bull steer	herd yoke team drove^{[citation needed]}	bovine
Oyster	spat			bed^{[citation needed]} cast^{[citation needed]} hive^{[citation needed]}	ostracine	meat
Panther	cub	pantheress			pantherine
Parrot	chick	hen	cock	company^{[citation needed]} flock pandemonium^{[citation needed]}
Partridge	chick	hen chantelle	cock	bevy^{[citation needed]} covey^{[citation needed]}	perdicine
Peafowl	chick peachick	peahen	peacock	party^{[citation needed]} muster^{[citation needed]} ostentation^{[citation needed]} pride^{[citation needed]}	pavonine	poultry
Pelican	chick nestling			pod ^[10]
Penguin	chick nestling			rookery^{[citation needed]} huddle^{[citation needed]} waddle (on land) colony (in water) raft^[46]	spheniscine
Pheasant	chick	hen	cock	nest^{[citation needed]} nye^{[citation needed]} (brood) nide^{[citation needed]} (take-off) bouquet^{[citation needed]}
Pig Also see Boar	piglet farrow shoat/shote (just weaned) barrow (castrated male)^[47] gilt (young female that has not given birth)^[48]	sow	boar	drift^[10]^[12] drove^[10]^[12] team (hogs)^{[citation needed]} passel (hogs)^{[citation needed]} parcel (hogs)^{[citation needed]} litter (piglets)	porcine suilline	pork ham bacon
Pigeon	squab squeaker	hen	cock	flight^{[citation needed]} flock	pullastrine	squab
Pony- See Horse
Porcupine	pup	sow	boar	prickle^{[citation needed]}	hystricine
Porpoise	calf	cow	bull	crowd^{[citation needed]} herd^{[citation needed]} pod school shoal
Prairie Dog	pup	sow	boar	coterie^{[citation needed]} town^{[citation needed]}
Quail	chick	hen	cock	bevy^{[citation needed]} covey^{[citation needed]}
Quelea	chick	hen	cock	flock	queline
Rabbit	bunny kit kitten nestling	doe jill	buck jack	colony^{[citation needed]} bevy^{[citation needed]} bury^{[citation needed]} drove^{[citation needed]} trace^{[citation needed]} leash^{[citation needed]} trip^{[citation needed]} (domestic) herd^{[citation needed]} (hare) down^{[citation needed]} husk^{[citation needed]} (young) litter nest	leporine
Raccoon	cub kit	sow	boar	nursery^{[citation needed]} gaze^{[citation needed]}	procyonine
Rail	chick	reeve	ruff		ralline
Ram Also see Sheep	lamb	ewe	ram	flock	arietine ovine	lamb mutton
Rat	calf^{[citation needed]} kitten^{[citation needed]} nestling^{[citation needed]} pup^[6]	doe cow	buck bull	colony horde mischief^{[citation needed]} plague^{[citation needed]} swarm^{[citation needed]}	murine
Raven				unkindness^[1]^[49] congress conspiracy parliament murder crime^{[citation needed]}	corvine
Red deer	calf	hind	stag	herd		venison
Red panda	cub	sow	boar	pack	ailuirine
Reindeer (caribou)	calf	cow	bull	herd	rangiferine
Rhinoceros	calf	cow	bull	crash^{[citation needed]} herd stubbornness^{[citation needed]}	ceratorhine
Rook				building^[3] clamor^{[citation needed]} parliament^[3]^[50]
Ruff				hill^{[citation needed]}
Salamander	tadpole salamanderling^{[citation needed]}	sow	boar	maelstrom^{[citation needed]} band^{[citation needed]} congress^{[citation needed]}	caudatan
Salmon		hen	cock	run^{[citation needed]}
Sand Dollar	larva pluteus (free swimming stage) juvenile (young urchin)
Sandpiper				fling^{[citation needed]}
Sardine				family^{[citation needed]}
Scorpion				bed^{[citation needed]} nest^{[citation needed]}
Sea lion	pup calf	cow	bull	pod^{[citation needed]} colony^{[citation needed]} herd rookery^{[citation needed]} team^{[citation needed]}	otarine
Sea Urchin	larva pluteus (free swimming stage) juvenile (young urchin)
Seahorse	seafoal	seamare	seastallion	shoal	hippocampal
Seal	pup^[6]	cow	bull	harem^{[citation needed]} herd pod^{[citation needed]} rookery^{[citation needed]}	phocine
Shark	cub^[19]		bull	school shiver^{[citation needed]}	selachian	flake (AUS)
Sheep Also see Ram	lamb lambkin cosset	ewe dam	ram^{[note 5]} buck	down^{[citation needed]} drift drove mob flock fold herd trip^{[citation needed]}	ovine	lamb mutton hoggett
Shrew	shrewlet	sow	boar	colony drove	soricine
Shrimp
Skunk	kit	sow	boar^[4]	surfeit
Snail	—	—	—	hood^{[citation needed]} rout^{[citation needed]} walk^{[citation needed]}	gastropodian	escargot
Snake	snakelet hatchling (a newly-hatched snake) neonate(newborn)	—	—	nest^{[citation needed]} bed^{[citation needed]} den^{[citation needed]} knot^{[citation needed]}	anguine elapine serpentine viperine ophidian
Spider	spiderling			cluster^{[citation needed]} clutter^{[citation needed]}	arachnine arachnoid
Squid	chick	hen	cock	audience^{[citation needed]}	tethidine	calamari
Squirrel	pup kit kitten	doe	buck	dray^{[citation needed]} scurry^[29]	sciurine
Starling				chattering^[10]^[27] murmuration^[1]^[3]^[10]^[12]
Stingray				fever^{[citation needed]}
Stinkbug	nymph			intrusion^{[citation needed]}	pentatomidae
Stork				muster^{[citation needed]} mustering^{[citation needed]}
Swallow				flight^{[citation needed]} gulp^{[citation needed]}
Swan	cygnet flapper	pen	cob	bank^{[citation needed]} bevy^{[citation needed]} flock game^{[citation needed]} herd^{[citation needed]} team^{[citation needed]} In flight flight^{[citation needed]} wedge^{[citation needed]}	cygnine
Tapir	calf	cow	bull	herd measure^{[citation needed]}	tapirine
Tarsier	infant	doe	buck	herd plot^{[citation needed]} troop^{[citation needed]}	tarsiine
Termite	larva	cow	bull	brood^{[citation needed]} colony nest swarm
Tiger	cub^[19] whelp	tigress	tiger	ambush^[10] streak^[29]	tigrine
Toad	tadpole toadlet	—	—	knot^[10]^[12] nest^{[citation needed]} lump^{[citation needed]}}	ranine batrachian
Trout	fingerling	hen	cock	hover^{[citation needed]}
Turkey	poult	hen	tom gobbler stag jake (immature)	rafter^{[citation needed]} gang^{[citation needed]} posse^{[citation needed]}		poultry
Turtle	hatchling	—	—	bale^{[citation needed]} dule^{[citation needed]} nest^{[citation needed]} turn^{[citation needed]}	chelonian
Vicuña	calf	cow	bull	posse herd	cameline
Viper				generation^{[citation needed]} nest^{[citation needed]}
Vulture				venue^{[citation needed]}
Wallaby	joey	jill	jack	mob
Walrus	calf	cow	bull	herd flock pod^{[citation needed]}	odobenine
Wasp	larva	queen worker	drone	swarm hive colony nest	vespine
Water buffalo	calf	cow	bull	pot		carabeef
Weasel	pup kit	bitch doe jill	buck dog hub jack	gang^[14] sneak^[14]	musteline
Whale	calf^[24]	cow^[25]	bull	gam^{[citation needed]} herd mob^{[citation needed]} pod school	cetacean cetaceous	blubber
Wolf	cub pup^[6] whelp	bitch she-wolf	dog	pack route^{[citation needed]}	lupine
Wolverine	kit whelp	angeline	wolverine	pack gang^{[citation needed]} mob^{[citation needed]}	musteline
Wombat	joey	jill	jack	mob^{[citation needed]}
Woodcock				fall^{[citation needed]}
Woodpecker	chick			descent^{[citation needed]}
Worm	wormlet			bed^{[citation needed]} clat^{[citation needed]} clew^{[citation needed]}	helminthic vermian
Wren	chick	cow	bull	herd^{[citation needed]} cabinet^{[citation needed]}
Yak	calf	cow	bull	herd
Zebra	colt foal	mare	stallion	herd^[10]^[51] cohort^[51] zeal^[10]^[51]	zebrine hippotigrine

Notes[edit]

^ The term "flange" was originally used to denote a group of baboons in a Not the Nine O'Clock News comedy sketch entitled "Gerald the Intelligent Gorilla" where it was used for comic effect. It has since been used in the scientific literature for a collection of baboons.
^ A worker bee is a sexually undeveloped female.
^ Castrated male cattle are steers in the United States, or bullocks in the United Kingdom. A young cow that has not given birth is a heifer. See Cattle for more names. Cows is often used informally to refer to cattle in general.
^ Bovine refers to all species of genus Bos.
^ ^a ^b A castrated male sheep or goat is a wether. See sheep for more names.
^ a "kettle" or "boil" is a group of hawks swirling and cris-crossing in a thermal air current, see "A Kettle of Hawks"

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