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Interesting List of Animal Names for Male, Female, Young and Groups

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 malefemale, young and groups:

ANIMAL NAMES: MAMMALS

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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

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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

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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

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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