List of animal names

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This lists various names animals can have. There are often multiple names that can apply in each situation. Here are some of the more common.

1 Formal names
2 Notes
3 Informal Names
4 External links

[edit] Formal names

Animal	Young	Female	Male	Group	Adjective	Meat
aardvark	pup			aarmory
alligator	hatchling	cow	bull	bask, congregation
alpaca	cria		stallion	herd, flock
armadillo	pup	zed	lister	fez
ant	antling	queen, worker	drone	army, colony	formic
anteater	pup
ape	infant	¹	¹	shrewdness, troop	simian
baboon	infant	¹	¹	troop, congress, tribe ¹²
badger	kit	sow	boar	cete	musteline
bee	larva	queen, worker ⁸	drone	grist, hive, swarm, colony	apic
bear	cub	sow	boar	sleuth, sloth	ursine
beaver	kit, pup	¹	¹	family, colony
bird	chick			flock	avian
bobolink				chain
buzzard	chick	hen	cock	wake
camel				caravan
cat	kitten	queen	tom ⁹	clowder, clutter, pounce, kindle (young)	feline
caterpillar				army
cheetah	cub	¹	¹	coalition
chicken	chick	hen, pullet	rooster, cock¹¹	flock, brood, peep
chimpanzee	infant	¹	¹	community, group
coyote	cub, pup, whelp	bitch	dog	pack, train
cattle ²	calf	cow	bull	herd, drove, team of oxen	bovine	beef, veal
crane				herd, sedge
crocodile	crocklet	cow	bull	bask
crow	chick			murder, horde, parcel, hover, congress, muster, storytelling	corvine
deer	fawn	doe	buck	herd	cervine	venison, humble
dog	whelp, pup	bitch	dog	pack, litter (young), kennel, gang, legion	canine
dolphin	calf, pup	cow	bull	team, school, pod, herd, alliance (male), party (female)	delphine
donkey	foal	jenny	jack	band, drove, herd, pace, coffle
dove				flight
duck	duckling	duck	drake	flock, brace, team ³
eagle	eaglet	¹	¹	convocation, brood, aerie	aquiline
earthworm
eel	elver	¹	¹	swarm
elk		cow	bull	gang		venison
elephant	calf	cow	bull	herd
ferret	kit	jill	hob ¹⁰	business
finch	chick	hen	cock	charm
fish	fry, fingerling			school	piscine
fox	cub, kit, pup	vixen	reynard, todd, dog	leash, skulk	vulpine
frog	polliwog, tadpole, froglet			army
gibbon				flange
giraffe		cow	bull	tower
goat	kid	doe, nannie	buck, billie⁷	herd	caprine	chevon
goose	gosling	goose	gander	gaggle ³
gorilla	infant	¹	¹	troop, group (band)
hare	leveret	doe	buck	band, down	leverine
hawk	eyas	hen	tiercel	cast
hedgehog	hoglet	sow	boar	array
heron	chick	hen	cock	siege
hippopotamus	calf	cow	bull	bloat
horse ⁴	foal	mare	stallion	herd, harras	equine
human	child, boy(male), girl(female)	woman	man	crowd, tribe, family	human, anthropomorphic
hyena	cub, pup, whelp	bitch	dog	pack, clan
insect	larva			swarm	insectoid
jay				band
jellyfish	ephyra			smack
kangaroo	joey	flyer	boomer	mob
lark	chick	hen	cock	exaltation
leopard	cub	leopardess	leopard	leap, lepe
lion	cub	lioness	lion	pride	leonine
llama	cria		stallion	herd, flock
meerkat				gang or mob
mole				labour
monkey				troop
mule	foal	jenny	jack	barren
nightingale	chick	hen	cock	watch
owl	owlet			parliament, wisdom
partridge				covey
panda	cub
pig	piglet, shoat, bonham, gilt(female)	sow ⁵	boar	herd, drove, mob	porcine	pork, ham, bacon
peafowl	peachick	peahen	peacock	ostentation
pheasant				nye
polar bear	cub	sow	boar	stocks or populations
quail				bevy
rabbit	kit, kitten, bunny	doe	buck	warren, nest
raven	chick	hen	cock	unkindness, conspiracy, murder
rhinoceros	calf	cow	bull	crash
rook	chick	hen	cock	building, parliament
sheep ⁷	lamb	ewe	ram	flock, herd	ovine	lamb, mutton
shark	pup	¹	bull	slew		flake
snake	Snakelet, neonate (a newly-born snake), hatchling (a newly-hatched snake)	¹	¹	pit, nest or bed	anguine, serpentine, viperine
snipe				wisp
spider	spiderling			cluster, clutter, venom	arachnine
squirrel	pup, kit, kitten	doe	buck	dray	sciurine
skunk	kit		boar	surfeit
swan	cygnet, flapper	pen	cob	bank, flock, bevy, wedge
tiger	cub	tigress	tiger	ambush
toad	tadpole, toadlet			knot
trout	fingerling, fry	shedder	jack	hover
turkey	poult	hen	tom	rafter, flock
turtle	hatchling	¹	¹	bale
whale	calf	cow	bull	gam, pod	cetacean
wildfowl	chick	hen	cock	flock
wolf	cub, pup, whelp	bitch	dog	pack, rout	lupine
wombat	joey	jill	jack	mob, warren, wisdom, army
wren	chick	jenny	cock	flock
yak	calf	cow	bull	herd
zebra	foal	mare	stallion	crossing, herd, zeal

[edit] Notes

1. This animal does not have a specific name for the indicated gender. For example, "male cheetah".

2. 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.

3. A group of geese, herons, or ducks in flight is a skein.

4. A castrated male horse is a gelding. A male foal is a colt, and a female foal is a filly.

5. A young female pig that has not given birth is a gilt. A castrated male pig is a barrow.

6. "Bitch," the female term for dog, is also a profanity.

7. A castrated male sheep or goat is a wether. See sheep for more names.

8. A worker bee is a sexually undeveloped female.

9. A castrated male cat is a gib.

10. A castrated male ferret is a gib.

11. A castrated male chicken is a capon.

12. A group of baboons is not a flange. That was an invention from the humorous television programme Not The Nine O'Clock News.

[edit] Informal Names

Cat: (diminutive, kitten) kitty, kitty-kitty; (domestic) puss, pussy, pussycat, moggy, moggie (especially if of mixed breed); (homeless) alleycat
Dog: pooch; (diminutive) doggy, doggie; (diminutive, pup) feist; puppy; (inferior; mixed breed) mutt, cur, mongrel; (slang) fleabag, barker, tail-wagger
Duck: (diminutive) ducky