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.

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Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Alligator Alligator bull cow hatchling congregation, pod (of young)
Alpaca Alpaca male female cria herd
Antelope Antelope buck doe calf herd
Ape Ape male female baby shrewdness
Armadillo 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 Bee drone queen, worker larva hive, swarm (in flight), bike, drift, grist
Western Meadowlark Bird cock hen hatchling, chick dissimulation (small birds only), fleet, flight, flock, parcel, pod, volery
Bison, Buffalo Bison, Buffalo bull cow calf gang, herd, obstinacy
Boar/Pig Boar boar sow piglet, shoat, farrow singular, sounder
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Viceroy Butterfly male female caterpillar, larva, pupa, chrysalis swarm, rabble (group of caterpillars is an army)
Camel Camel bull cow calf flock
Catstanding Cat tomcat queen kitten clutter, clowder, litter (young born to one female), kindle (kittens)
Cow Cattle bull cow calf, dogie (a motherless calf) drift, drove, herd, mob
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Cheetah Cheetah male female cub coalition
Hen Chicken rooster hen chick, pullet (young hen), cockrell (young rooster) flock, brood (of hens), clutch (of chicks), peep (of chicks)
Clam Clam larva bed
Cockroach nymph intrusion
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Codfish codling, hake, sprag, sprat school
Coyote Coyote dog bitch pup, whelp pack, rout
Crane Crane chick herd, sedge, siege
Crow2 Crow cock hen chick murder, muster
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
white-tailed deer Deer buck, stag doe fawn herd, mob
Technosaurus Dinosaur bull cow hatchling, juvenile herd (of plant-eaters), pack (of meat-eaters)
beagle Dog dog bitch pup litter (pups from one mother), pack (wild), kennel
dolphin Dolphin bull cow pup, calf herd, pod, school
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
donkey Donkey jack, jackass jennet, jenny colt, foal drove, herd
dove Dove cock hen squab, chick dole, flight, piteousness
duck Duck drake duck duckling badelynge, brace, bunch, flock, paddling, raft, team
eagle Eagle fledgling, eaglet aerie, convocation
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
eel Eel leptocephalus (larva), elver (juvenile) swarm
Elephantasian Elephant bull cow calf herd, parade
Elk bull cow calf herd, gang
Emu Emu chick, hatchling mob
Peregrine falcon Falcon tercel, terzel falcon chick cast
Black-footed Ferret Ferret hob jill kit business, fesynes
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Bluefish Fish fry, fingerling draft, run, school, shoal
Finch cock hen chick charm
Flamingo Flamingo chick colony, flamboyance, flurry, stand, regiment
Fly Fly maggot cloud, swarm
Redfox Fox reynard, dog, dog fox, or tod vixen kit, cub, pup skulk, leash
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Frog Frog tadpole, polliwog, froglet Tadpole army, knot
Gerbil Gerbil buck doe pup horde
Giraffe Giraffe bull doe calf herd, corps, tower, group
Gnat male female larva cloud, horde
Gnu Gnu bull cow calf herd
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Goat Goat buck, billy doe, nanny kid, billy herd, tribe, trip
Canada goose Goose gander goose gosling flock, gaggle, skein (only while in flight), wedge (flying in a "V" formation)
Gorilla Gorilla male female infant band
Grasshopper Grasshopper male female nymph swarm
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Grouse covey
Guineapig Guinea pig boar sow pup group
Ring-billed gull Gull cock hen chick colony
Hamster Hamster buck doe pup horde
Rabbit Hare buck doe leveret down, husk, warren
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Red-tailed Hawk Hawk tiercel hen eyas aerie, cast, kettle
Hedgehog Hedgehog boar sow piglet, pup array
Great blue heron Heron cock hen chick sedge, siege
Hippo Hippopotamus bull cow calf herd, bloat
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Hornet Hornet male female larva nest
Adult Pig Hog boar sow shoat, farrow drove, herd, litter (a group of young born to one mother)
Arabian horse Horse stallion, stud mare, dam foal, colt (male), filly (female) stable, harras, herd, team (working horses), string or field (race horses)
Beagle Hound dog bitch pup cry, mute, pack
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Skeleton Human man woman baby, infant, toddler clan (related), crowd, family (closely related), community, gang, mob, tribe, etc.
Hummer Hummingbird cock hen chick charm
Hyena Hyena male female cub clan, cackle
Bluejay Jay cock hen chick band, party
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Jellyfish Jellyfish ephyna smackm bloom, swarm
Kangaroo Kangaroo buck, boomer, jack doe, flyer, jill, roo joey troop, herd, mob
Koala Koala male female joey n/a
Lark cock hen chick exaltation
Leopard 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 lion lioness cub pride
Llama Llama cria herd
Locust host, swarm
Louse/Lice Louse (plural lice) male female nymph colony, infestation, lice
Magpie cock hen chick tiding, tribe, charm, gulp, flock, murder
Mallard Mallard drake duck duckling flush, sord
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Marten richness
Mole Mole male female pup labor
Howler Monkey Monkey male female infant troop, cartload
Moose Moose bull cow calf herd
Mosquito Mosquito male female lnymph, wriggler, tumbler swarm
Mouse Mouse buck doe pup, pinkie, kitten horde, mischief
Mule john molly foal barren, pack, span
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Nightingale Nightingale cock hen chick watch
Opossum Opossum jack jill joey
Ostrich Ostrich cock hen chick flock
Seaotter Otter male female whelp, pup family, raft, romp
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Owl Owl owlet, fledgling parliament
Muskox Ox steer, bull cow stot, calf drove, herd, yoke
Oyster Oyster spat bed
Panda Panda boar sow cub
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Gray parrot Parrot cock hen chick company, flock
Peacock Peafowl peacock peahen peachick muster, ostentation
Penguin 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 Pig boar sow piglet, shoat, farrow drove, herd, litter (of pups), sounder
Pigeon Pigeon cock hen squab, squeaker flock, kit
platypus Platypus puggle
Dolphin Porpoise bull cow calf herd, pod, school
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Prairie dog Prairie dog boar sow pup coterie, town
Pronghorn Pronghorn buck doe fawn herd
Quail Quail cock hen chick bevy, covey, drift
Rabbit Rabbit buck doe kitten, bunny, kit colony, drove, leash, nest, trace, warren
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Raccoon Raccoon boar sow cub nursery, gaze
Rat Rat buck doe pup, pinkie, kitten horde, mischief
Raven congress, unkindness
Caribou Reindeer bull cow calf herd
Rhino Rhinoceros bull cow calf crash
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Sand dollar Sand Dollar male female larva, pluteus (free-swimming stage), juvenile (young urchin)
Seal Seal bull cow pup herd, pod, rookery, harem
Starfish Seastar male female larva, pluteus (free-swimming stage), juvenile (young urchin)
Sea urchin Sea Urchin male female larva, pluteus (free-swimming stage), juvenile (young urchin)
Serval Serval male female kitten
Great white shark Shark bull female pup school, shiver
Sheep Sheep buck, ram ewe, dam lamb, lambkin, cosset drift, drove, flock,herd, mob, trip
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Skunk Skunk kit surfeit
Rattlesnake Snake male female Snakelet, neonate (a newly-born snake), hatchling (a newly-hatched snake) bed, nest, pit
Snipe wisp
Sparrow host
Spider Spider male female spiderling
Squid Squid male female hatchling, paralarva, larva shoal, squad
Tree squirrel Squirrel buck doe pup, kit, kitten dray
Swallow flight
Swan 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 tiger tigress cub, whelp ambush, streak
Toad Toad male female tadpole knot
Trout fingerling hoover
Turkey Turkey tom or gobbler (adult male), jake (juvenile male) hen poult rafter
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Turtle Turtle male female hatchling bale
Wallaby Wallaby jack jill joey mob
Walrus Walrus bull cow cub, pup herd, pod
Wasp Wasp drone queen (reproducing female), worker (non-reproducing female) larva colony
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Weasel Weasel dog, buck, Jack, hob bitch, doe, Jill kit gang
Beluga whale with calf Whale bull cow calf gam, grind, herd, pod, school
Gray Wolf Wolf dog bitch pup, whelp pack, rout
Wombat Wombat jack jill joey mob
Image Name Male Female Baby Group of Animals
Downy woodpecker Woodpecker male female chick descent
Wren cock jenny chick flock, herd
Yak Yak bull cow calf herd
Yellow jacket Yellow Jacket drone queen (egg-laying female), worker (non-reproducing female) larva colony
Zebra Zebra stallion mare colt, foal herd, crossing