This lists various names animals can have. There are often multiple names that can apply in each situation. Many species of animals, particularly those domesticated, have been given specific names for the male, the female, and the young of the species. There are a few generic terms, "bull-cow-calf", for instance, that are found across species, but many species have been granted unique names for these gender/age characteristics.

See also: List of collective nouns.

Contents 1 Formal names 2 Informal Names 3 Notes 4 External links

Formal names

Animal	Young	Female	Male	Group	Adjective	Meat
Aardvark	pup
African Wild Dog	pup			pack
Alligator	hatchling	cow	bull	bask, congregation	eusuchian
Alpaca	cria	hembra	macho	herd, flock	camelid
Armadillo	pup	zed	lister	fez	tolypeutine
Ant	antling	queen, worker, gyne	drone	army, colony, nest, swarm, bike	formic, myrmecine
Anteater	pup				myrmecophagine
Antelope	calf	doe	buck	herd, cluster	alcelaphine, bubaline, antilopine
Ape	infant	[1]	[1]	shrewdness, troop	simian
Ass	foal	jenny	jack	pace, drove, herd, coffle	asinine, equine
Baboon	infant	[1]		troop, congress, tribe, flange[2]
Badger	kit	sow	boar	cete, colony, set, company	musteline
Barracuda				battery	percesocine
Bat	pup	female	male	colony, cloud	pteropine, noctillionine
Bear	cub	sow	boar	sleuth, sloth	ursine
Beaver	kit kitten, pup	[1]	[1]	family, colony
Bee	larva, pupa	queen, worker [3]	drone	grist, hive, swarm, colony	apic, apian, apiarian
Beetle	larva	female	male	possi
Bird	chick	hen	cock	flock	avian, muscicapine, oscine, passerine, pendeline, volucrine, ornithic
Bison	calf	cow	bull	herd,troop	bisontine
Bittern	chick			sedge
Blackbird					icterine
Bluebird					turdine[4]
Bobolink				chain
Buffalo	calf	cow	bull	herd	bovine, bubaline
Bullfinch					pyrrhuline
Bunting					emberizine, pyrrhuloxine
Butterfly	caterpillar			rabble, flight, swarm, kaleidoscope, rainbow	pieridine, pierine
Buzzard	chick	hen	cock	wake	buteonine, cathartine
Camel	calf	cow	bull	flock	camelid
Cardinal					pyrrhuloxine
Cassowary	chick
Cat	kitten	queen	tom [5]	clowder, clutter, pounce, kindle (young)	feline
Caterpillar		butterfly	butterfly	army
Cattle[6]	calf	cow	bull	herd, drove	bovine[7], vituline (young), vaccine (female), taurine (male)	beef, veal
Chamois	calf	doe	bull	herd	rupicaprine
Cheetah	cub	[1]	[1]	coalition
Chicken	chick	hen, pullet	Rooster, cock[8]	flock, brood, peep	galline	chicken[9]
Chimpanzee	infant	[1]	[1]	community, group, cartload
Civet					viverrine
Clam				bed
Cobra				quiver[10]	elapine
Cockroach	nymph			intrusion[10]
Coral				reef
Cormorant				gulp[10], flight	phalacrocoracine
Cougar	cub, pup
Coyote	cub, pup, whelp	bitch	dog	pack, train
Crab					cancrine
Crane				herd, sedge, siege	alectorine
Cricket (insect)
Crocodile	crocklet	cow	bull	bask, nest, congregation, float	crocodilian
Crow	chick			murder, horde, parcel, hover, congress, muster, storytelling	corvine
Cuckoo					cuculine
Deer	fawn, ass	doe, hind, cow	buck, stag, bull	herd	cervine, elaphine	venison, humble
Dingo
Dinosaur					dinosauric, saurian
Dodo					didine
Dog	whelp, pup	bitch[11]	sire	pack, litter (young), kennel, gang, legion	canine
Dolphin	calf, pup	cow	bull	team, school, pod, herd, alliance (male), party (female)	delphine
Donkey	foal	jenny	jack	band, drove, herd, pace, coffle	asinine
Dormouse					myoxine
Dove	chick			cote, flight, dole, dule, duet, troop, piteousness, pitying, prettying	columbine
Duck	duckling	duck	drake	flock, brace, team[12]	anatine, fuliguline
Eagle	eaglet	[1]	[1]	convocation, brood, aerie	aquiline
Earthworm					lumbricine
Echidna	puggle
Eel	elver	[1]	[1]	swarm
Elephant	calf	cow	bull	herd, herd, flock, parade, memory	elephantine
Elk	calf	cow	bull	gang	cervine	venison
Emu					mob, ratite, struthious
Ermine					musteline
Falcon	eyass	falcon	tiercel		acciptrine
Fennec				skulk	vulpine
Ferret	kit	jill	hob [13]	business	musteline
Finch	chick	hen	cock	charm, chirm, trembling, trimming	fringilline
Fish	fry, fingerling			school	piscine, ichthyic
Flamingo		hen	cock	stand, flamboyance	phoenicopterine
Flea				abscondance	pulicene
Flying fox				flock	pteropine
Fox	cub, kit, pup	vixen	reynard, todd, dog	leash, skulk	vulpine
Frog	polliwog, tadpole, froglet			army, colony, froggery, knot	ranine
Gazelle	calf				gazelline
Gerbil	pup	doe	buck	horde	cricetine
Gibbon				flange	hylobatine
Giraffe	calf	cow	bull	tower, corps, herd, journey	giraffine
Goat	kid	doe, nannie	buck, billy[14]	herd	caprine, hircine	chevon
Goldfinch	chick	hen	cock	charm, chattering, drum, troubling, vein
Goose	gosling	goose	gander	gaggle (skein when in flight)[12]	anatine, anserine
Gorilla	infant	[1]	[1]	troop, group (band)
Green anole
Groundhog				Repetition
Gull		hen	cock	flock	larine
Hamster	pup	doe	buck	horde	cricetine
Hare	leveret	doe, jill	buck, jack	band, down	leverine, leporine
Hawk	eyas	hen	tiercel	cast, kettle, boil	accipitrine, falconine
Hedgehog	hoglet	sow	boar	array
Hermit Crab
Heron	chick	hen	cock	siege[12]
Hippopotamus	calf	cow	bull	bloat, crash, herd, thunder[10]	hippopotamine
Hog		sow	boar	drift, herd	suilline
Hornet	larvae, pupae	queen	drone	swarm	vespine
Horse[15]	foal	mare	stallion	herd, harass	equine
Human	infant	woman, mom	man, dad	crowd, tribe, family, people	human, anthropomorphic, humanoid, hominine
Hummingbird		hen	cock	charm, chattering, drum, hover, troubling	trochiline
Hyena	cub, pup, whelp	bitch	dog	clan, cackle	hyenine
Ibex
Ibis
Iguana					iguanian
Insect	larva			swarm	insectoid, insectan, insectile
Jackal	pup			pack
Jay	chick	hen	cock	band, party	garruline
Jellyfish	ephyra			smack, bloom, brood, smuth, smuck, fluther
Jerboa
Kangaroo	joey	flyer, doe	boomer, buck	mob, troop, court	macropodine
Kestrel					falconine
Kingfisher					halcyonine
Kite					milvine
Ladybug	larva	female	male	loveliness, possi
Lark	chick	hen	cock	exaltation
Leech					hirudine
Lemming				suicide pact, cliff	microtine
Lemur				troop	lemurine
Leopard	cub	leopardess	leopard	leap, lepe	pardine
Lightning bug
Limpet					patelline
Lion	cub	lioness	lion	pride	leonine
Lizard					lacertilian, saurian
Llama	cria	hembra	macho	herd, flock	camelid
Lobster		hen	cock		homarine
Louse	nymph	female	male	colony, infestation, lice	pediculine
Macaw					psittacine
Macropod					macropodian
Magpie		hen	cock	tiding, tittering, gulp, murder, charm, flock	garruline
Mallard	duckling	hen	drake	sord, lute, brace, puddling, flush	anatine
Mammoth
Manatee	calf	cow	bull	herd	manatine, sirenian
Marten				richness	musteline
Meadowlark					icterine
Meerkat				gang or mob
Mink	cub, kit	sow	boar		musteline
Minnows				shoal, swarm
Mite					acarine
Mockingbird					mimine
Mole	pup	female	male	labour,company, movement	talpine
Mongoose					viverrine, herpestine
Monkey	infant	female	male	troop, barrel, tribe, cartload	simian
Moose	calf	cow	bull		cervine
Mosquito	nymph, wriggler, tumbler	female	male	scourge, swarm	aedine, anopheline
Moth					arctian
Mouse	pinkie, kitten, pup	doe	buck	nest, colony, harvest, horde, mischief	murine
Mule	foal	hinney, jenny	jack	barren, pack, span, rake
Muskrat
Mussel
Nautilus
Newt	eft
Nightingale	chick	hen	cock	watch, flock, route, match	philomelian
Octopus				arran	octopine
Okapi
Opossum	joey	jill	jack		didelphine
Orangutan				buffoonery
Oriole					icterine
Oryx					orygine
Ostrich		hen	cock	flock, troop	ratite, struthious
Otter	pup, whelp	female	male	romp, bevy, lodge, family, raft	musteline, lutrine
Owl	owlet			parliament, stare, wisdom	strigine
Ox	calf	cow	bull	yoke, team, drove, herd, nye	bovine
Oyster				bed, hive, cast, culch	ostracine
Panda	cub	sow	boar
Panther	cub				pantherine
Parrot	chick	hen	cock	company, flock, prattle, pandemonium	psittacine
Partridge	chick, cheeper	hen, chantelle	cock	covey	perdicine
Peafowl	chick, peachick	peahen	peacock	muster, ostentation, pride	pavonine
Penguin	chick	hen	cock	colony, rookery, parade, parcel, crèche, huddle	spheniscine
Pheasant	chick	hen	cock	bouquet, nest, nide, nye, brood, covey	alectorine, phasianine	pheasant
Pig[16]	piglet, shoat, bonham, gilt(female)	sow	boar	herd, drove, mob	porcine, sulline, ovine	pork, ham, bacon
Pigeon	squab	hen	cock	flight, loft, flock, dropping, kit	pullastrine
Platypus	pug				ornithorhynchine
Plover	chick	hen	cock	wing, congregation	charadrine
Polar bear	cub	sow	boar	stocks or populations
Polecat	kit	jill	hob	chine	musteline
Pony	Foal (either), Colt (Young, immature male), Filly (Young, immature female)	Mare	Stallion	Herd	Equus
Porcupine	pup	sow	boar	prickle, family	hystricine
Porpoise	calf	cow	bull	school, crowd, herd, pod	phocaenine
Portuguese Man o' War
Praying mantis
Python					pythonine
Quail	chick	hen	cock	bevy	coturnine
Rabbit	kit, kitten, bunny	doe, jill	buck, jack	warren, nest, colony, bevy, bury, drove	leporine, lapine	lapin, lapan
Raccoon	kit	sow	boar	nursery	procyonine
Rail	chick	reeve	ruff		ralline
Ram	Lamb	Ewe	Ram	Flock	arietine, ovine
Rat	kitten, nestling, pinkie, pup	doe	buck	colony, horde, pack, plague, swarm	murine
Rattlesnake					crotaline
Raven	chick	hen	cock	unkindness, congress, conspiracy, parliament, murder, storytelling, nevermore	corvine
Reptile					reptilian, serpentine
Reindeer	calf	cow	bull	herd	rangiferine
Rhea					struthious
Rhinoceros	calf	cow	bull	crash, herd	ceratorhine
Robin					turdine
Rodent					glirine
Rabbit	bunny, kit, kitten, leveret, nestling	doe	buck	bury, colony, drove, nest, trace, warren	lapan
Roebuck					capreoline
Rook	chick	hen	cock	building, parliament
Sable					zibeline
Salamander					salamandrine
Salmon		hen	jack		salmonid
Sand dollar
Scallop
Scorpion	instar			bed, nest, colony
Sea anemone
Sea horse				herd	hippocampine
Sea lily
Sea lion	pup, beach weaner	cow	bull	pod, colony, crash, flock, harem, bob, herd/rookery, team, hurdle	otarine
Sea spider
Sea urchin	larva, pluteus (free-swimming stage), juvenile (young urchin)	female	male
Seal	pup	cow	bull	same as sea lion	phocine, otarine
Serpent					serpentine
Shark	pup	[1]	bull	slew, shiver[10]
Sheep	lamb	ewe	ram[14]	drove, flock, herd	ovine	lamb, mutton
Shrew					soricine
Silkworm					bombycine
Siskin				ebert
Skink
Skunk	kit		boar	surfeit, stink	musteline
Skylark					alaudine
Sloth					iki
Slug					limacine
Smelt					atherine
Snail				walk		escargot
Snake	snakelet, neonate (a newly-born snake), hatchling (a newly-hatched snake)	[1]	[1]	pit, nest or bed	anguine, elapine, colubrine, ophidian, reptilian, serpentine, viperine
Snipe	chick	hen	cock	walk, wisp	charadrine
Songbird					oscine
Sparrow	chick	hen	cock	flight, host, quarrel, tribe, ubiquity	passerine
Spider	spiderling			cluster, clutter, venom	arachnine, arachnoid
Squid						calamari
Squirrel	pup, kit, kitten	doe	buck	dray, scurry[10]	sciurine
Stag					cervine, elaphine
Starfish
Stick insect
Sting ray
Stoat					musteline
Stork					ciconine
Sturgeon					acipenserine
Swallow		hen	cock		hirundine
Swan	cygnet, flapper	pen	cob	gaggle, bevy, wedge(flying), flock, game, team, ballet, regatta, bank, whiteness, gargle, eyrar	anatine, cygnine
Swift	chick	hen	cock	flock	cypseline
Tarsier
Tapir	larva	female	male	colony
Termite					termitine
Tick					acarine
Tiger	cub	tigress	tiger	streak[10], ambush	tigrine
Toad	tadpole, toadlet	female	male	knot, lump	ranine, batrachian
Tortoise				creep	chelonian, testudine
Trilobyte
Trout	fingerling, fry	shedder	jack	hover
Tuatara
Turkey	poult, chick	hen	tom	rafter, flock	meleagrine
Turtle	hatchling	[1]	[1]	bale	chelonian
Umbrellabird					cephalopterine
Vole					microtine
Vulture					vulturine
Viper					viperine
Wasp		queen	drone		vespine
Weasel		bitch, doe, and jill	buck, dog, hub, or jack		musteline
Whale	calf	cow	bull	gam, pod, herd	cetacean, cetaceous
Wildebeest
Wildfowl	chick	hen	cock	flock
Wolf	cub, pup, whelp	bitch[17], fae	dog, brute	pack, rout	lupine
Wombat	joey	jill	jack	mob, warren, wisdom, army	phascolomian
Woodcock		hen	rooster		charadrine, scolopacine
Worm				bed, bunch, clew, squirm	helminthic, vermian
Wren	chick	jenny	cock	flock	troglodytine
X-ray fish					tetragonopterinine
Yak	calf	cow	bull	herd	bovine
Zebra	foal	mare	stallion	crossing, harem, herd, zeal	equine, zebrine, hippotigrine

Informal Names

• Cat: (diminutive, kitten) kitty, kitty-kitty; (domestic) puss, pussy, pussycat, moggy, moggie (especially if of mixed breed); (homeless) alleycat
• Dog: pooch; (diminutive) doggy, doggie; (diminutive, pup) feist; puppy; (inferior; mixed breed) mutt, cur, mongrel; (slang) fleabag, barker, tail-wagger
• Duck: (diminutive) ducky

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t} This animal does not have a specific name for the indicated gender. For example, "male cheetah".
2. ^ Collective Terms for Groups of Animals. Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press.
3. ^ A worker bee is a sexually undeveloped female.
4. ^ Turdine pertains to entire family turdidae, including the true thrushes
5. ^ A castrated male cat is a gib.
6. ^ Castrated male cattle are steers in the United States, or a bullock in the United Kingdom. A young female cow that has not given birth is a heifer. See Cattle for more names. Cow is often used informally to refer to cattle in general.
7. ^ Bovine refers to all species of genus Bos.
8. ^ A castrated male chicken is a capon.
9. ^ http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chicken
10. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Universe in Your Pocket by Joel Levy, published by Barnes & Noble, Inc.
11. ^ "Bitch," the female term for dog, is also a profanity.
12. ^ ^{a b c} A group of geese, herons, or ducks in flight is a skein.
13. ^ A castrated male ferret is a gib.
14. ^ ^{a b} A castrated male sheep or goat is a wether. See sheep for more names.
15. ^ A castrated male horse is a gelding. A male foal is a colt, and a female foal is a filly.
16. ^ A young female pig that has not given birth is a gilt. A castrated male pig is a barrow.

"Bitch," the female term for wolf, is also a profanityExternal links

17. Dictionary.com Animal Names
18. Animal Names