baby animal names

Did you know a Baby Lion is called a Cub? And a group of chicken is called a flock? Here are more names to add to your collection.

Animal

Male

Female

Young

As a group

Antelope

Bull

Cow

Calf

Herd

Bear

Boar

Sow

Cub

Sloth

Cat

Tom

Queen

Kitten

Clowder

Cattle

Bull

Cow

Calf

Herd/Drove.

Chicken

Cock/Rooster

Hen

Chick

Flock

Deer

Buck/Hart/Stag.

Doe/Hind

Fawn

Herd.

Dog

Dog

Bitch

pup

Kennel.

Donkey

Jackass

Jeneet/Jenny

foal/colt

Pace.

Elephant

Bull

Cow

Calf

Herd.

Fox

Dog

Vixen

Cub

Skulk.

Giraffe

Bull

Cow

Calf

Herd.

Goat

Billy/Buck

Nanny/Doe

Kid

Herd.

Goose

Gander

Goose

Gosling

Flock/Gaggle.

Horse

Stallion

Mare

foalt/colt(male)/filly(female)

Herd.

Kangaroo

Buck/Boomer

Doe/flier

joey

Herd/troop/mob.

Lion

Lion

Lioness

Cub

Pride.

Ostrich

Cock

Hen

Chick

flock/troop.

Pig

Boar

Sow

shoat/farrow/piglet.

herd/drove/sounder.

Rabbit

Buck

Doe

Kindle/kitten.

Warren.

Rat

Buck

Doe

*******

Colony.

Seal

Bull

Cow

pup/whelp

rookery/trip.

Sheep

Ram

Ewe

Lamb

flock

Swan

Cob

pen

cygnet

flock

Turkey

Cock/gobbler/tom

hen

poult

dule

Whale

Bull

cow

calf

school/pod

Zebra

Stallion

mare

foal

herd.

Collective names of animals

A herd of antelope A colony or an army of ants A shrewdness of apes A herd or pace of asses A culture of bacteria A cete of badgers A shoal of bass A sleuth or sloth of bears A colony of beavers A swarm, grist or hive of bees A flock, flight, congregation or volery of birds A sedge or siege of bitterns A sounder of boars A herd of buffalo A brace or clash of bucks An army of caterpillars A clowder or clutter of cats A herd or drove of cattle A brood or peep of chickens A clutch or chattering of chicks A bed of clams A quiver of cobras A rag of colts A cover of coots A kine of cows (twelve cows are a flink)

A band of coyote A sedge or siege of cranes A float of crocodiles A murder of crows A litter of cubs A herd of curlews A cowardice of curs A herd of deer A pack of dogs A dule of doves A brace, paddling or team of ducks A clutch of eggs A herd of elephants A pod of elephant seals A weaner pod is yearling elephant seals A gang of elks A mob of emus A business or fesnyng of ferrets A charm of finches A school, shoal, run, haul, catch or draught of fish A swarm of flies A skulk or leash of foxes An army or colony of frogs A flock, gaggle or skein (in flight) of geese A cloud or horde of gnats A herd, tribe or trip goats A charm of goldfinches

A band of gorillas A leash of greyhounds A down or husk of hares A cast or kettle of hawks A brood of hens A hedge of herons A drift, or parcel of hogs A team, pair or harras of horses A pack, mute or cry of hounds A smack of jellyfish A troop or mob of kangaroos A kindle or litter of kittens An ascension or exaultation of larks A leap (leep) of leopards A pride of lions A plague of locusts A tiding of magpies A sord of mallards A stud of mares A richness of martens A labour of moles A troop of monkeys A barren or span of mules A parliament of owls A yoke, drove, team or herd of oxen A bed of oysters A company of parrots

A covey of partridges A muster or ostentation of peacocks A litter of peeps A nest, nide (nye) or bouquet of pheasants A flock or flight of pigeons A litter of pigs A wing or congregation of plovers A string of ponies A pod of porpoises A covey or bevy of quail A nest of rabbits A pack or swarm of rats A rhumba of rattlesnakes An unkindness of ravens A crash or herd of rhinos A bevy of roebucks A building or clamour of rooks A herd or pod of seals A drove or flock of sheep A nest of snakes A walk or wisp of snipe A host of sparrows A dray of squirrels A murmuration of starlings A mustering of storks A flight of swallows A bevy, herd, lamentation or wedge of swans

A flock of swifts A sounder or drift of swine A spring of teal A knot of toads A hover of trout A rafter of turkeys A pitying or dule of turtledoves A bale of turtles A pod of walrus A school, gam or pod of whales A nest of vipers A pack or route of wolves A fall of woodcocks A descent of woodpeckers

What young animals are called

Antelope - calf Bear - cub Beasts of prey - whelp

Beaver - kit Birds - fledgling, nestling Cat - kitten Codfish - codling, sprat Cow - calf Deer - fawn, yearling Dog - pup, puppy Duck - duckling Eagle - eaglet Eel - elver Elephant - calf Elephant seal - weaner Fish - fry Fowl - chick, chicken Fox - cub, pup Frog - polliwog, tadpole Goat - kid Goose - gosling Grouse - cheeper Guinea fowl - keet Hawk - eyas Hen - pullet Hippo - calf Horse - foal, yearling, or colt (male), filly (female) Kangaroo - joey Lion - cub Owl - owlet

Partridge - cheeper Pig - piglet, shoat, farrow, suckling Pigeon - squab, squeaker Quail - cheeper Rabbit - bunny, kit Rat - pup Rhino - calf Rooster - cockerel Salmon - parr, smolt, grilse Seal - pup Shark - cub Sheep - lamb, lambkins Swan - cygnet Tiger - cub, whelp Turkey - poult Whale - calf Zebra - foal