Many animals, particularly domesticated, have specific names for males, females, young, and groups. Here is a complete list of animal names and the names used for male, female, young and groups:
ANIMAL NAMES: MAMMALS
Mammals are the group of vertebrate animals which form the class Mammalia. They have fur or hair and a very precise kind of temperature regulation. The females bear live young, and produce milk for the young. Parental care of the young is universal among mammals, and it is essential because live birth limits the number of offspring.
GENERIC NAME | MALE | FEMALE | YOUNG | COLLECTIVE NOUN |
BAT | Male | Female | Pup | Colony |
BEAR | Boar | Soar | Cup | Sleuth |
CAMEL | Bull | Cow | Caft | Herd |
CAT | Tom | Queen | Kitten | Clutter |
CHIMPANZEE | Blackback | Empress | _ | _ |
COYOTE | Dog | Bitch | _ | _ |
DEER | Stag | Doe | Fawn | Herd |
DOG | Dog | Bitch | Puppy | Pack |
DOLPHIN | Bull | Cow | Pup/Calf | Herd |
ELEPHANT | Bull | cow | Caft | Herd |
ELK | Bull | Cow | _ | _ |
FOX | Dog-fox / Reynard | She-fox / Vixen | Cub | Skulk |
GIRAFFE | Bull | Cow | Calf | Herd/Tower |
GOAT | Billy | Nanny | Kid | Flock/Herd |
GORILLA | Male | Female | Infant | Band |
HARE | Jack | Jill | Leveret | Down |
HEDGEHOG | Boar | Soar | Piglet/Pup | Array |
HIPPOPOTAMUS | Bull | Cow | Calf | Bloat |
HORSE | Stallion | Mare/Filly | Foal | String |
HYENA | Male | Female | Cub | Cackle/Clan |
KANGAROO | Buck | Doe | Joey | Moop/Troop |
LEOPARD | Leopard | Leopardess | Cub | Leap/Lepe |
LION | Lion | Lioness | Cub | Pride |
MONKEY | Male | Female | Infant | Troop |
MOUSE | Buck | Doe | Pup | Nest |
OX | Bull/Steer | Cow | Caft | Team |
OTTER | Dog | Bitch | Kitten | Family |
PANDA | Boar | Sow | Cub | _ |
PIG | Boar | Sow | Suckling/Piglet | Herd/Flock |
RABBIT | Buck | Doe | Kit / Bunny | Colony |
RAT | Buck | Doe | Kitten / Pup | Nest |
SHEEP | Ram | Ewe | Lamb | Flock |
SQUIRREL | Buck | Doe | Pup/Kit/Kitten | Colony |
TIGER | Tiger | Tigress | Cub/Whelp | Streak |
WHALE | Bull | Cow | Calf | School |
WALRUS | Bull | Cow | Cub/Pup | Herd/Pod |
WOODCHUCK | He-chuck | She-chuck | Kit/Cub | _ |
WOLF | Dog | Bitch | Pup | Pack/Herd |
ZEBRA | Stallion | Mare | Colf/Foal | Herd |
BIRDS
Birds (Aves), a subgroup of reptiles, are the last living examples of dinosaurs. They are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton
GENERIC NAME | MALE | FEMALE | YOUNG | COLLECTIVE NOUN |
CANARY | Cock | Hen | Chick | _ |
CHICKEN | Rooster | Hen | Chick | Flock |
CROW | Male | Female | Young | Murder |
DOVE | Cock | Hen | Squab | Cote |
DUCK | Drake | Duck | Duckling | Flock |
GOOSE | Gander | Goose | Gosling | If a group of geese is flying, it becomes a “Skein”. If they are on land or water, they’re a “Gaggle”. |
HAWK | Tiercel | Hen | Eyas | _ |
KOALA | Male | Female | Joey | _ |
OSTRICH | Cock | Hen | Chick | _ |
OWL | Owl | Jenny | Owlet | Parliament |
PARROT | Cock | Hen | Chick | Company/Flock |
PEACOCK | Cock/Pea-cock | Hen/Pea-hen | _ | _ |
PEAFOWL | Peacock | Peahen | Peachick | Pride |
PENGUIN | Cock | Hen | _ | _ |
PHEASANT | Cock | Hen | Chick | Brood |
PIGEON | Cock | Hen | Squab | Flight |
SPARROW | Cock | Hen | Chick | Flock |
QUAIL | Cock | Hen | _ | _ |
SWAN | Cob | Pen | Signet | Bevy |
TURKEY | Tom | Hen | Poult | Flock/Rafter |
WOODPECKER | Male | Female | Chick | Descent |
INSECTS
Insects, are a class in the phylum Arthropoda. They are small terrestrial invertebrates which have a hard exoskeleton.
GENERIC NAME | MALE | FEMALE | YOUNG | COLLECTIVE NOUN |
ANT | Prince / Drone | Queen / Princess / Worker | Antling | Army / Nest |
BEE(S) | Drone | Queen / Worker | Larva | Hive |
BEETLE | Male | Female | Larva | Swarm |
BUTTERFLY | Male | Female | Caterpillar / Chrysalis | Swarm |
DRAGONFLY | King | Queen | _ | _ |
FLY | Male | Female | Caterpillar / Chrysalis | Swarm |
GRASSHOPPER | Male | Female | Nymph | Swarm |
LOUSE | Male | Female | Nymph | Colony |
MOTH | Male | Female | Nymphs / Naiads | Swarm |
MOSQUITO | Male | Female | Nymph | Swarm |
SPIDER | Male | Female | Spiderling | Cluster/Clutter |
OTHERS
GENERIC NAME | MALE | FEMALE | YOUNG | COLLECTIVE NOUN |
ALLIGATOR | Bull | Cow | Hatchling | _ |
CROCODILE | Bull | Cow | _ | _ |
FISH | _ | _ | Fly/Fingerling | School/Draft |
FROG | Male | Female | Tadpole | Army |
JELLYFISH | Boar | Sow | Ephyna | Smackm bloom/Swarm |
LOBSTER | Cock | Hen | Baby lobster | _ |
SNAKE | Male | Female | Hatchling | _ |
SEAHORSE | Seastallion | Seamare | _ | _ |
SHARK | Bull | Female | Pup | School |
TURTLE | Male | Female | Hatchling | Bale/Dule |