Animal Group Terminology
Updated February 11, 2017 | Infoplease Staff
Source: U.S. Geological Survey Department of the Interior/USGS
| Classification | Species Name | Group Name |
|---|---|---|
| Mammals | apes | shrewdness |
| asses | pace | |
| badgers | cete | |
| bats | colony | |
| bears | sleuth, sloth | |
| buffalo | gang, obstinancy, herd | |
| cats | clowder, pounce | |
| cattle | drove, herd | |
| deer | herd, bevy | |
| dogs | pack, mute, kennel | |
| elephants | herd | |
| elk | gang | |
| ferrets | business | |
| fox | leash, skulk, earth | |
| giraffes | tower | |
| goats | tribe, trip | |
| gorillas | band | |
| hippopotamuses | bloat | |
| horses | team, harras, stud, rag, string | |
| hyenas | cackle | |
| kangaroos | troop | |
| leopards | leap | |
| lions | pride | |
| martens | richness | |
| moles | labor | |
| monkeys | troop, barrel | |
| mules | pack, span, barren | |
| otters | romp | |
| oxen | team, yoke | |
| pigs | drift, drove, team | |
| porcupines | prickle | |
| rabbits | colony, warren, nest | |
| rhinoceroses | crash | |
| seals | pod, herd | |
| sheep | drove, flock, herd | |
| squirrels | dray, scurry | |
| tigers | streak | |
| whales | pod, gam, herd | |
| wolves | pack, rout | |
| Birds | birds in general | flight, flock, volary, brace |
| bitterns | sedge | |
| buzzards | wake | |
| bobolinks | chain | |
| chicks (of many species) | brood, clutch | |
| coots | cover | |
| cormorants | gulp | |
| cranes | sedge | |
| crows | murder, horde | |
| dotterel | trip | |
| doves | dule | |
| eagles | convocation | |
| finches | charm | |
| flamingos | stand | |
| geese | flock, gaggle, skein | |
| grouse | pack | |
| gulls | colony | |
| hawks | cast, kettle, boil | |
| herons | sedge, siege | |
| jays | party, scold | |
| lapwings | deceit | |
| larks | exaltation | |
| mallards | sord, brace | |
| magpies | tiding, gulp, murder, charm | |
| nightingales | watch | |
| owls | parliament | |
| parrots | company | |
| partridge | covey | |
| peacocks | muster, ostentation | |
| penguins | colony | |
| pheasant | nest, nide, brood, nye, bouquet | |
| plovers | congregation, wing | |
| ptarmigans | covey | |
| rooks | building | |
| quail | bevy, covey | |
| ravens | unkindness | |
| snipe | walk, wisp | |
| sparrows | host | |
| starlings | murmuration | |
| storks | mustering | |
| swallows | flight | |
| swans | bevy, wedge | |
| teal | spring | |
| turkeys | rafter, gang | |
| widgeons | company | |
| woodcocks | fall | |
| woodpeckers | descent | |
| Reptiles and Amphibians | crocodiles | bask |
| frogs | army | |
| toads | knot | |
| turtles | bale, nest | |
| snakes, vipers | nest | |
| Fish | fish in general | draft, nest, school, shoal |
| bass | shoal | |
| herring | army | |
| sharks | shiver | |
| trout | hover | |
| Invertebrates | ants | colony |
| bees | grist, hive, swarm | |
| caterpillars | army | |
| clams | bed | |
| cockroaches | intrusion | |
| flies | business | |
| gnats | cloud, horde | |
| grasshoppers | cloud | |
| hornets | nest | |
| jellyfish | smack | |
| locusts | plague | |
| oysters | bed |
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