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Animal Group Names Antelope: a herd Ants: a colony or an army Apes: a shrewdness Baboons: a troop Badgers: a cete Bass: a shoal Bats: a colony, cloud or cauldron Bears: a sloth or sleuth; Cubs: a litter Beavers: a colony Bees: a swarm Boar: a sounder Buffalo: a gang or obstinacy Camels: a caravan Caterpillars: an army Cats: a clowder, glaring, pounce, nuisance or clutter; Kittens: a litter or kindle; Wild cats: a destruction Cattle: a herd or drove Cheetahs: a coalition Chickens: a brood or peep; Chicks: a clutch or chattering Clams: a bed Cobras: a quiver Colts: a rag Cows: a kine, drove, herd or fold; twelve or more cows are a flink Coyotes: a band Cranes: a sedge Crocodiles: a float or bask Crows: a murder Deer: a herd Dogs: a pack or cowardice; Puppies: a litter Dolphins: a pod Donkeys: a drove Doves: a dule Ducks: a brace, paddling or team Eagles: a convocation Elephants: a herd or parade Elk: a gang or herd Emus: a mob Falcons: a cast Ferrets: a business or fesnyng Finches: a charm Fish: a school, shoal, run, haul or catch Flamingos: a stand or flamboyance Flies: a swarm, hatch or business Foxes: a skulk or leash Frogs: an army or a colony Geese: a gaggle or flock, a skein when in flight Giraffes: a tower Gnats: a cloud or horde Goats: a herd, tribe or trip Goldfinches: a charm Goldfish: a troubling Gorillas: a band Grasshoppers: a cloud Greyhounds: a leach Hares: a down or husk Hawks: a cast or kettle Hippopotami: a bloat or thunder Hogs: a drift or parcel Horses: a team or harras Hounds: a pack, mute or cry Hyenas: a cackle Jaguars: a shadow Jellyfish: a smack or brood Kangaroos: a troop or mob Larks: an ascension or exaltation Lemurs: a conspiracy Leopards: a leap Lice: a flock Lions: a pride Locust: a plague or cloud Magpies: a tiding or tittering Mallards: a sord Manatees: an aggregation Mares: a stud Martens: a richness Minnows: a steam Moles: a labor Monkeys: a barrel, cartload or troop Mules: a pack, barren or span Nightingales: a watch Otters: a family, romp or raft Owls: a parliament Oxen: a team or yoke Oysters: a bed Parrots: a pandemonium or company Partridges: a covey Peacocks: a muster or ostentation Penguins: a colony Pheasants: a nest, nide or bouquet Pigeons: a flock or flights Pigs: a drift or drove (younger pigs), or a sounder, litter or team (older pigs) Ponies: a string Porcupines: a prickle Rabbits: a colony or warren Raccoons: a gaze Rats: a colony, pack, swarm or mischief Rattlesnakes: a rhumba Ravens: an unkindness Rhinoceroses: a crash Sharks: a shiver Sheep: a drove or flock Skunks: a stench Snakes: a nest or knot Sparrows: a host Squirrels: a dray or scurry Starlings: a murmuration Stingrays: a fever Storks: a mustering Swans: a bevy or lamentation, a wedge when in flight Tigers: an ambush or a streak Toads: a knot or knab Trout: a hover Turkeys: a gang, posse or rafter Turtles: a bale or nest Vultures: a venue Wasps: a pledge Weasels: a colony, gang or pack Whales: a pod, school or gam Wolves: a pack or route Wombats: a wisdom Woodpeckers: a descent Zebras: a zeal Library Resources Explore more through the library with lists, blogs, storytime videos and more about animals. 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