- Because baby animals and group animals are pretty cute.
Do you know all of these baby animals and group animal names? Some of theme are strange but most of them are pretty darn cute!
Baby Animal Names:
Baby Bear: Cub
Baby Goat: Kid
Baby Dog: Puppy
Baby Cow: Calf
Baby Giraffe: Calf
Baby Rabbit: Bunny
Baby Tiger: Cub
Baby Horse: Foal
Baby Otter: Pup
Baby Baboon: Infant
Baby Fox: Kit
Baby Fish: Fry
Baby Goose: Gosling
Baby Kangaroo: Joey
Baby Elephant: Calf
Baby Pig: Piglet
Baby Platypus: Platypup. Is this the cutest of the baby animals names or what?
Baby Sheep: Lamb
Baby Swan: Cygnet
Baby Jellyfish: Ephyna
Baby Chicken: Chick
Baby Mole: Pup
Baby Moose: Calf
Baby Hummingbird: Chick
Baby Spider: Spiderling
Baby Koala: Joey
Baby Hedgehog: Piglet
Baby Turkey: Poult
Baby Toad: Tadpole
Baby Mouse: Pinkie
Baby Penguin: Chick
Baby Rat: Pup
Baby Mosquito: Tumbler
Baby Hippopotamus: Calf
Baby Pigeon: Squab
Baby Ape: Baby
Baby Bat: Pup
Baby Snake: Snakelet. What a cute name for one of the scariest of the baby animals.
Baby Deer: Fawn
Baby Bird: Hatchling
Baby Camel: Calf
Baby Butterfly: Caterpillar
Baby Crocodile: Hatchling
Baby Monkey: Infant
Baby Eagle: Eaglet
Baby Owl: Owlet
Baby Oyster: Spat
Baby Panda: Cub
Baby Ferret: Kit
Baby Fly: Maggot
Baby Grasshopper: Nymph
Group Names of Animals
Antelope: a herd
Ants: a colony or an army
Apes: a shrewdness
Starlings: a murmuration
Badgers: a cete
Cattle: a herd or drove
Bats: a colony, cloud or cauldron
Bears: a sloth or sleuth; Cubs: a litter
Beavers: a colony
Bees: a swarm
Wild cats: a destruction
Boar: a sounder
Buffalo: a gang or obstinacy
Caterpillars: an army
Cats: a clowder, glaring, pounce, nuisance or clutter
Pigeons: a flock or flights
Cheetahs: a coalition
Chickens: a brood or peep;
Camels: a caravan
Chicks: a clutch or chattering
Cobras: a quiver
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. Did you know this was what they called this group of animals?
Crows: a murder
Deer: a herd
Dogs: a pack or cowardice; Puppies: a litter
Dolphins: a pod
Kittens: a litter or kindle;
Donkeys: a drove
Doves: a dule
Ducks: a brace, paddling or team
Eagles: a convocation
Elephants: a herd or parade
Partridges: a covey
Elk: a gang or herd
Emus: a mob
Trout: a hover
Falcons: a cast
Ferrets: a business or fesnyng
Finches: a charm
Wombats: a wisdom
Flamingos: a stand or flamboyance
Flies: a swarm, hatch or business
Foxes: a skulk or leash
Frogs: an army or a colony
Pigs: a drift or drove (younger pigs), or a sounder, litter or team (older pigs)
Giraffes: a tower. Is this not the perfect name for this group of animals?
Colts: a rag
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
Jellyfish: a smack or brood
Horses: a team or harras
Hounds: a pack, mute or cry
Hyenas: a cackle
Jaguars: a shadow
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. If you’ve ever seen a locust infestation, a cloud is literally the definition of what this group of animals looks like.
Magpies: a tiding or tittering
Mallards: a sord
Manatees: an aggregation
Mares: a stud
Martens: a richness
Minnows: a steam
Geese: a gaggle or flock, a skein when in flight
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
Peacocks: a muster or ostentation
Penguins: a colony
Pheasants: a nest, nide or bouquet
Porcupines: a prickle
Rabbits: a colony or warren
Raccoons: a gaze
Rats: a colony, pack, swarm or mischief
Rattlesnakes: a rhumba
Rhinoceroses: a crash
Sharks: a shiver
Sheep: a drove or flock
Skunks: a stench. If this group of animals name isn’t absolutely perfect, nothing is.
Snakes: a nest or knot
Fish: a school, shoal, run, haul or catch
Sparrows: a host
Baboons: a troop
Squirrels: a dray or scurry
Zebras: a zeal
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
Ponies: a string
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
Clams: a bed
Woodpeckers: a descent
Ravens: an unkindness. What an interesting choice for animal group names. What do you think is the best of the baby animal or group animal names? Let me know in the comments!