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.
See also: List of collective nouns
| Animal | Baby | Mother | Father | Group | Notes |
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| ass | jenny | jack | |||
| baboon | whoop | ||||
| bee | larva | queen | drone | swarm | |
| bear | cub | sow | boar | sleuth | |
| cat | kitten | queen | tom | ||
| chicken | chick | hen | cock | flock | |
| cow | calf | cow | bull | herd | 1 |
| crow | murder | ||||
| dog | pup or puppy | bitch | dog | pack | |
| deer | fawn | doe | buck | herd | |
| duck | duckling | duck | drake | flock | 3 |
| eagle | eaglet | ||||
| eel | elver | swarm | |||
| elephant | calf | cow | bull | herd | |
| ferret | kit | jill | hob | business | |
| finch | chick | hen | cock | charm | |
| fish | fry | school | |||
| fox | cub or kit | vixen | reynard | skulk | |
| gibbon | flange | ||||
| goose | gosling | goose | gander | gaggle | 3 |
| hawk | eyas | hen | tiercel | cast | |
| hedgehog | pup | sow | boar | array | |
| heron | chick | hen | cock | siege | |
| hippopotamus | calf | cow | bull | bloat | |
| horse | foal | mare | stallion | herd | 2 |
| jellyfish | ephyna | smack | |||
| kangaroo | joey | mob | |||
| lark | exaltation | ||||
| lion | cub | lioness | lion | pride | |
| nightingale | chick | hen | cock | watch | |
| owl | owlet | parliament | |||
| pig | piglet | sow | boar | herd | 4 |
| peafowl | peachick | peahen | peacock | ostentation | |
| rhinoceros | calf | cow | bull | crash | |
| sheep | lamb | ewe | ram | flock | |
| spider | spiderling | ||||
| skunk | kit | surfeit | |||
| swan | cygnet | pen | cob | ||
| toad | tadpole | knot | |||
| turkey | poult | hen | tom | rafter | |
| turtle | hatchling | bale | |||
| whale | calf | cow | bull | pod | |
| wolf | cub | bitch | dog | pack | |
| wombat | joey | jill | jack | mob |
Notes:
1. A castrated male cow is a steer. A young female cow is a heifer. See cattle for more names.
2. A castrated male horse is a gelding. A male foal is a colt, and a female foal is a filly
3. A group of geese or ducks in flight is a skein.
4. A young female pig is a gilt.