Monday, June 9, 2014

Mammal Group Names

I've found there are many names to call something by, but perhaps some of the most fun are the words for groups of animals.

Mammals: 
Apes A shrewdness
Asses A herd or pace
Antelope A herd of antelope
Baboons A troop of baboons
Badger A cete of badgers
Bats A colony
Bear A sleuth or sloth of bears
Beaver A colony of beavers
Boar A sounder of boars
Buck A brace or clash of bucks
Buffalo A gang, an obstinacy for old world buffalo, herd for American bison
Cats A clutter, kindle, intrigue, clowder or glaring of cats; a litter, or pounce for kittens
Cattle A drove, herd
Colt A rag or rake of colts
Cow A kine of cows (twelve cows are a flink)
Coyote A band of coyote
Cub A litter of cubs
Curs A cowardice of curs
Deer A herd or mob; a bevy (refers only to roe bucks), 
Dogs A puppies (young) litter (group of pups) young, pack (wild), cowardice (of curs); specific to hounds... A cry, mute, pack, kennel
Dolphins A school
Donkey A herd or pace of asses
Elephant A herd or parade of elephants
Elk A gang or herd
Ferret A business or busyness or fesnyng of ferrets 
Fox A leash, skulk, earth
Giraffes A tower, a herd
Goat A herd, tribe, a trip a flock goats
Gorilla A band of gorillas
Greyhound A leash of greyhounds
Hare A down, a mute or husk of hares
Hippopotamuses A bloat
Hog A drift, or parcel of hogs
Horses A drove, team, harras, rag (for colts), stud (a group of horses belonging to a single owner, string (ponies) pair (grouped pulling horses), a string of racehorses
Hound A pack, kennel, mute or cry of hounds
Hyenas A cackle
Kangaroo A troop or mob of kangaroos
Kitten A kindle or litter of kittens
Leopard A leap (leep) or lepe of leopards
Lion A pride or sawt
Mare A stud of mares
Mole A labor or movement of moles
Monkey A troop or cartload of monkeys
Mule A barren or span of mules
Monkeys A troop, barrel
Mules A pack, span, barren
Otters A romp
Oxen A yoke, drove, team or herd of oxen
Pigs A drift, drove, litter (young), herd, sounder (of swine), team, passel (of hogs), singular (refers to a group of boars)
Pony A string of ponies
Porcupines A prickle
Porpoise A pod or school or herd or turmoil
Rabbits A colony, warren, nest, herd (domestic only), litter (young); specific to hares...A down, husk
Raccoon A gaze of raccoons
Rat A pack or swarm of rats
Rhino A crash or herd of rhinos 
Seals A pod or herd or rookery 
Sheep A drove, a flock or herd or trip or mob
Squirrels A dray, scurry
Swine A sounder or drift or herd of swine
Tigers A streak
Walrus A pod of walrus
Weasel A pack of weasels
Whale A school, herd, gam or pod of whales
Wild Boars A sounder
Wild cats A destruction 
Wild pigs A drift
Wolves A pack, rout or route (when in movement)

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