Names of Animals, Babies and Groups

Learn about different words you can use to describe male, female, baby, and groups of animals. For example, a baby kangaroo is called a joey.

Click on a picture or an underlined word to go to an animal printout. Or learn about collective nouns.

Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Alligator	bull	cow	hatchling	congregation, pod (of young)
	Alpaca	male	female	cria	herd
	Antelope	buck	doe	calf	herd
	Ape	male	female	baby	shrewdness
	Armadillo	male	female	pup
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Baboon	male	female	infant	troop, congress
	Badger	boar	sow	kit, cub	cete
	Bat	male	female	pup	colony
	Bear	boar	sow	cub	sleuth, sloth
	Beaver			pup, kitten	colony
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Bee	drone	queen, worker	larva	hive, swarm (in flight), bike, drift, grist
	Bird	cock	hen	hatchling, chick	dissimulation (small birds only), fleet, flight, flock, parcel, pod, volery
	Bison, Buffalo	bull	cow	calf	gang, herd, obstinacy
	Boar	boar	sow	piglet, shoat, farrow	singular, sounder
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Butterfly	male	female	caterpillar, larva, pupa, chrysalis	swarm, rabble (group of caterpillars is an army)
	Camel	bull	cow	calf	flock
	Cat	tomcat	queen	kitten	clutter, clowder, litter (young born to one female), kindle (kittens)
	Cattle	bull	cow	calf, dogie (a motherless calf)	drift, drove, herd, mob
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Cheetah	male	female	cub	coalition
	Chicken	rooster	hen	chick, pullet (young hen), cockrell (young rooster)	flock, brood (of hens), clutch (of chicks), peep (of chicks)
	Clam			larva	bed
	Cockroach			nymph	intrusion
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Codfish			codling, hake, sprag, sprat	school
	Coyote	dog	bitch	pup, whelp	pack, rout
	Crane			chick	herd, sedge, siege
	Crow	cock	hen	chick	murder, muster
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	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
	Dolphin	bull	cow	pup, calf	herd, pod, school
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Donkey	jack, jackass	jennet, jenny	colt, foal	drove, herd
	Dove	cock	hen	squab, chick	dole, flight, piteousness
	Duck	drake	duck	duckling	badelynge, brace, bunch, flock, paddling, raft, team
	Eagle			fledgling, eaglet	aerie, convocation
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Eel			leptocephalus (larva), elver (juvenile)	swarm
	Elephant	bull	cow	calf	herd, parade
	Elk	bull	cow	calf	herd, gang
	Emu			chick, hatchling	mob
	Falcon	tercel, terzel	falcon	chick	cast
	Ferret	hob	jill	kit	business, fesynes
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	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
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Frog			tadpole, polliwog, froglet	army, knot
	Gerbil	buck	doe	pup	horde
	Giraffe	bull	doe	calf	herd, corps, tower, group
	Gnat	male	female	larva	cloud, horde
	Gnu	bull	cow	calf	herd
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Goat	buck, billy	doe, nanny	kid, billy	herd, tribe, trip
	Goose	gander	goose	gosling	flock, gaggle, skein (only while in flight), wedge (flying in a "V" formation)
	Gorilla	male	female	infant	band
	Grasshopper	male	female	nymph	swarm
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Grouse				covey
	Guinea pig	boar	sow	pup	group
	Gull	cock	hen	chick	colony
	Hamster	buck	doe	pup	horde
	Hare	buck	doe	leveret	down, husk, warren
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Hawk	tiercel	hen	eyas	aerie, cast, kettle
	Hedgehog	boar	sow	piglet, pup	array
	Heron	cock	hen	chick	sedge, siege
	Hippopotamus	bull	cow	calf	herd, bloat
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Hornet	male	female	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)
	Hound	dog	bitch	pup	cry, mute, pack
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Human	man	woman	baby, infant, toddler	clan (related), crowd, family (closely related), community, gang, mob, tribe, etc.
	Hummingbird	cock	hen	chick	charm
	Hyena	male	female	cub	clan, cackle
	Jay	cock	hen	chick	band, party
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Jellyfish			ephyna	smackm bloom, swarm
	Kangaroo	buck, boomer, jack	doe, flyer, jill, roo	joey	troop, herd, mob
	Koala	male	female	joey	n/a
	Lark	cock	hen	chick	exaltation
	Leopard	leopard	leopardess	cub	leap, prowl (some say it should be a spot of leopards)
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Lion	lion	lioness	cub	pride
	Llama			cria	herd
	Locust				host, swarm
	Louse (plural lice)	male	female	nymph	colony, infestation, lice
	Magpie	cock	hen	chick	tiding, tribe, charm, gulp, flock, murder
	Mallard	drake	duck	duckling	flush, sord
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Marten				richness
	Mole	male	female	pup	labor
	Monkey	male	female	infant	troop, cartload
	Moose	bull	cow	calf	herd
	Mosquito	male	female	lnymph, wriggler, tumbler	swarm
	Mouse	buck	doe	pup, pinkie, kitten	horde, mischief
	Mule	john	molly	foal	barren, pack, span
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Nightingale	cock	hen	chick	watch
	Opossum	jack	jill	joey
	Ostrich	cock	hen	chick	flock
	Otter	male	female	whelp, pup	family, raft, romp
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Owl			owlet, fledgling	parliament
	Ox	steer, bull	cow	stot, calf	drove, herd, yoke
	Oyster			spat	bed
	Panda	boar	sow	cub
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Parrot	cock	hen	chick	company, flock
	Peafowl	peacock	peahen	peachick	muster, ostentation
	Penguin	male	female	chick	rookery
	Pheasant	cock	hen	chick	brood (a family), nye (a large group)
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Pig	boar	sow	piglet, shoat, farrow	drove, herd, litter (of pups), sounder
	Pigeon	cock	hen	squab, squeaker	flock, kit
	Platypus			puggle
	Porpoise	bull	cow	calf	herd, pod, school
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Prairie dog	boar	sow	pup	coterie, town
	Pronghorn	buck	doe	fawn	herd
	Quail	cock	hen	chick	bevy, covey, drift
	Rabbit	buck	doe	kitten, bunny, kit	colony, drove, leash, nest, trace, warren
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Raccoon	boar	sow	cub	nursery, gaze
	Rat	buck	doe	pup, pinkie, kitten	horde, mischief
	Raven				congress, unkindness
	Reindeer	bull	cow	calf	herd
	Rhinoceros	bull	cow	calf	crash
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Sand Dollar	male	female	larva, pluteus (free-swimming stage), juvenile (young urchin)
	Seal	bull	cow	pup	herd, pod, rookery, harem
	Seastar	male	female	larva, pluteus (free-swimming stage), juvenile (young urchin)
	Sea Urchin	male	female	larva, pluteus (free-swimming stage), juvenile (young urchin)
	Serval	male	female	kitten
	Shark	bull	female	pup	school, shiver
	Sheep	buck, ram	ewe, dam	lamb, lambkin, cosset	drift, drove, flock,herd, mob, trip
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Skunk			kit	surfeit
	Snake	male	female	Snakelet, neonate (a newly-born snake), hatchling (a newly-hatched snake)	bed, nest, pit
	Snipe			wisp
	Sparrow				host
	Spider	male	female	spiderling
	Squid	male	female	hatchling, paralarva, larva	shoal, squad
	Squirrel	buck	doe	pup, kit, kitten	dray
	Swallow				flight
	Swan	cob	pen	cygnet, flapper	bevy, game, herd, team, wedge (flying in a "V" formation)
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Termite	male	female	larva	swarm (while flying), colony
	Tiger	tiger	tigress	cub, whelp	ambush, streak
	Toad	male	female	tadpole	knot
	Trout			fingerling	hoover
	Turkey	tom or gobbler (adult male), jake (juvenile male)	hen	poult	rafter
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Turtle	male	female	hatchling	bale
	Wallaby	jack	jill	joey	mob
	Walrus	bull	cow	cub, pup	herd, pod
	Wasp	drone	queen (reproducing female), worker (non-reproducing female)	larva	colony
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Weasel	dog, buck, Jack, hob	bitch, doe, Jill	kit	gang
	Whale	bull	cow	calf	gam, grind, herd, pod, school
	Wolf	dog	bitch	pup, whelp	pack, rout
	Wombat	jack	jill	joey	mob
Image	Name	Male	Female	Baby	Group of Animals
	Woodpecker	male	female	chick	descent
	Wren	cock	jenny	chick	flock, herd
	Yak	bull	cow	calf	herd
	Yellow Jacket	drone	queen (egg-laying female), worker (non-reproducing female)	larva	colony
	Zebra	stallion	mare	colt, foal	herd, crossing

Related Activities

Match Animals and Their Babies

Match 10 animals to their babies. The animals are: spider, spiderling, bear, cub, frog, tadpole, deer, fawn, owl, owlet, butterfly, caterpillar, kangaroo, joey, bird, chick, wolf, cub, elephant, calf.

Match Farm Animals to their Babies

Match 10 farm animals words to their babies. The farm animals and babies are: sheep, lamb, cat, kitten, dog, puppy, pig, piglet, cow, calf, goose, gosling, horse, foal, duck, duckling, goat, kid, chicken, chick.

Baby Animals: A Scavenger Hunt Using the Little Explorers Picture Dictionary

This is a dictionary “scavenger hunt,” a simple activity for children who are starting to be familiar with the alphabet and the sounds the letters make. The students work at a computer (or in small groups of 2 to 3 students at a computer). The teacher asks the students the scavenget hunt questions. To answer the questions, the students must go to the appropriate page in the dictionary by clicking on the correct letter at the top of the Little Explorers Online Picture Dictionary page. They will then look at the pictures on the page to answer the question.