A list of Collective names for 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 | - |
| Badger | boar | sow | kit, cub | cete |
| Bat | male | female | pup | colony |
| Bear | boar | sow | cub | sleuth, sloth |
| Beaver | - | - | pup, kitten | colony |
| drone | queen, worker | larva | hive, swarm (in flight), bike, drift, grist | |
| 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 |
| 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 | drift, drove, herd, mob |
| 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 |
| Codfish | - | - | codling, hake, sprag, sprat | school |
| Coyote | dog | bitch | pup, whelp | pack, rout |
| Crane | - | - | chick | herd, sedge, siege |
| Crow | cock | hen | chick | murder, muster |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Fish | - | - | fry, fingerling | draft, run, school, shoal |
| Finch | cock | hen | chick | charm |
| Fly | - | - | maggot | cloud, swarm |
| Fox | reynard, dog, dog fox, or tod | vixen | kit, cub, pup | skulk, leash |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Jellyfish | - | - | ephyna | smack |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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 | jack | hinney | foal | barren, pack, span, |
| Nightingale | cock | hen | chick | watch |
| Opossum | jack | jill | joey | - |
| Ostrich | cock | hen | chick | flock |
| Otter | male | female | whelp, pup | family, raft, romp |
| Owl | - | - | owlet, fledgling | parliament |
| Ox | steer, bull | cow | stot, calf | drove, herd, yoke |
| Oyster | - | - | spat | bed |
| Panda | boar | sow | cub | - |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | - |
| Squirrel | buck | doe | pup, kit, kitten | dray |
| Swallow | - | - | - | flight |
| Swan | cob | pen | cygnet, flapper | bevy, game, herd, team, wedge (flying in a "V" formation) |
| 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 | hen | poult | rafter |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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