List of collective nouns for non-human mammals
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| SUBJECT | COLLECTIVE TERM | STATUS |
| aardvarks | An aarmory of aardvarks | Spurious |
| antelope | A herd of antelope | √ |
| apes | A shrewdness of apes | √ |
| asses | A pace of asses | √ |
| baboons | A congress of baboons | √ |
| baboons | A flange of baboons | √ |
| badgers | A cete of badgers | √ |
| bats | A colony of bats | √ |
| bears | A sloth of bears | √ |
| beavers | A colony of beavers | √ |
| beavers | A lodge of beavers | √ |
| boars | A singular of boars | √ |
| boars | A sounder of boars | √ |
| buffalo | A herd of buffalo | √ |
| buffalo | An obstinacy of buffalo | √ |
| camels | A complaint of camels | Uncertain |
| camels | A flock of camels | √ |
| cats (feral or wild) | A destruction of cats (feral or wild) | √ |
| cats | A clowder of cats | √ |
| cats | A cluster of cats | √ |
| cats | A clutter of cats | √ |
| cats | A glaring of cats | √ |
| cats | A pounce of cats | √ |
| cattle | A drove of cattle | √ |
| cattle | A herd of cattle | √ |
| cattle | A kine of cattle | √ |
| chamois | A herd of chamois | √ |
| colts | A rag of colts | √ |
| colts | A rake of colts | √ |
| conies | A bury of conies | √ |
| cows | A flink of cows | √ |
| cows | A herd of cows | √ |
| curs | A cowardice of curs | √ |
| deer | A herd of deer | √ |
| deer | A leash of deer | √ |
| deer | A parcel of deer | √ |
| dolphins | A pod of dolphins | √ |
| elephants | A herd of elephants | √ |
| elephants | A parade of elephants | √ |
| elk | A gang of elk | √ |
| ferrets | A business of ferrets | √ |
| ferrets | A fesnying of ferrets | √ |
| foxes | A leash of foxes | √ |
| foxes | A skulk of foxes | √ |
| giraffes | A corps of giraffes | √ |
| giraffes | A tower of giraffes | Uncertain |
| goats | A tribe of goats | √ |
| goats | A trip of goats | √ |
| gorillas | A band of gorillas | √ |
| gorillas | A woop of gorillas | √ |
| hares | A down of hares | √ |
| hares | A husk of hares | √ |
| hares | A leap of hares | √ |
| hares | A trace of hares | √ |
| hares | A trip of hares | √ |
| hedgehogs | A prickle of hedgehogs | √ |
| hippopotami | A bloat of hippopotami | Uncertain |
| hippopotami | A crash of hippopotami | √ |
| hogs | A drift of hogs | Uncertain |
| hogs | A parcel of hogs | √ |
| hogs | A passel of hogs | √ |
| horses | A harass of horses | √ |
| horses | A stable of horses | √ |
| horses | A team of horses | √ |
| hounds | A cry of hounds | √ |
| hounds | A cry of hounds | √ |
| hounds | A mute of hounds | √ |
| hounds | A pack of hounds | √ |
| hyenas | A clan of hyenas | √ |
| kangaroos | A court of kangaroos (see note) | Spurious |
| kangaroos | A mob of kangaroos | √ |
| kangaroos | A troop of kangaroos | √ |
| kittens (cats) | A kindle of kittens (cats) | √ |
| kittens (rabbits) | A wrack of kittens (rabbits) | √ |
| lambs | A fall of lambs | √ |
| leopards | A leap of leopards | √ |
| lions | A pride of lions | √ |
| lions | A sault of lions | √ |
| lions | A sowse of lions | √ |
| mares | A stud of mares | √ |
| mice | A mischief of mice | √ |
| mice | A nest of mice | √ |
| moles | A company of moles | √ |
| moles | A labour of moles | √ |
| moles | A movement of moles | √ |
| monkeys | A mission of monkeys | √ |
| monkeys | A tribe of monkeys | √ |
| mules | A Rake of mules | √ |
| mules | A barren of mules | √ |
| oxen | A span of oxen | √ |
| oxen | A team of oxen | √ |
| oxen | A yoke of oxen | √ |
| pandas | A pandemonium of pandas | Spurious |
| pekinese | A pomp of pekinese | √ |
| piglets | A farrow of piglets | √ |
| piglets | A litter of piglets | √ |
| pigs | A drove of pigs | √ |
| pigs | A herd of pigs | √ |
| pigs | A sounder of pigs | √ |
| polar bears | An aurora of polar bears | √ |
| polecats | A chine of polecats | √ |
| ponies | A string of ponies | √ |
| porpoises | A turmoil of porpoises | Uncertain |
| possum | A passel of possum | Uncertain |
| puppies | A litter of puppies | √ |
| rabbits | A bury of rabbits | √ |
| rabbits | A colony of rabbits | √ |
| rabbits | A nest of rabbits | √ |
| raccoons | A gaze of raccoons | √ |
| racehorses | A field of racehorses | √ |
| rats | A colony of rats | √ |
| rats | A pack of rats | √ |
| rats | A rabble of rats | √ |
| rats | A swarm of rats | √ |
| rhinoceroses | A crash of rhinoceroses | √ |
| roes | A bevy of roes | √ |
| seals | A colony of seals (on land) | √ |
| seals | A plum of seals | Uncertain |
| seals | A pod of seals | √ |
| seals | A raft of seals (in the water) | √ |
| seals | A spring of seals | √ |
| sheep | A flock of sheep | √ |
| sheep | A trip of sheep | √ |
| show dogs | A bench of show dogs | Uncertain |
| squirrels | A dray of squirrels | √ |
| swine | A drift of swine | √ |
| swine | A sounder of swine | √ |
| tigers | A streak of tigers | √ |
| tigers | An ambush of tigers | √ |
| walruses | A herd of walruses | √ |
| walruses | An ugly of walruses | √ |
| weasels | A sneak of weasels | √ |
| whales | A gam of whales | √ |
| whales | A herd of whales | √ |
| whales | A pod of whales | √ |
| whales | A school of whales | √ |
| wolves | A pack of wolves | √ |
| wolves | A rout of wolves | √ |
| zebra | A herd of zebra | √ |
| zebra | A zeal of zebra | √ |
Notes:
The phrase "A court of kangaroos" is frequently thought to be legitimate, given the (quite unrelated) expression "a kangaroo court". There is no known evidence of its legitimacy as a collective noun, however.
A "complaint of camels" was formerly common in Australia due to the poem "The Plaint of the Camel" by Charles Edward Carryl, which was part of the primary school syllabus for many years.