BlackDog's Animal Groups

Names of Animal Groups
Several crows together is called a . . . of crows.

Here's a list of the names of groups of different animals. I bet you didn't know that several crows hanging out together is called a "murder" of crows! The list is long and you'll have to scroll down to read them all. If you don't like to scroll, click one of the alphabet letters to take you down to an animal's name. After you've read the list, test your memory by taking one of the Animal Groups Quizzes.

Groups of Animals
The Animal	Name of the Animal's Group
antelope	herd	^ up ^
ants	colony or an army	^ up ^
apes	shrewdness	^ up ^
asses	herd or pace	^ up ^
bacteria	culture	^ up ^
badgers	cete	^ up ^
bass	shoal	^ up ^
bears	sleuth or sloth	^ up ^
beavers	colony	^ up ^
bees	swarm, grist or hive	^ up ^
birds	flock, flight, congregation or volery	^ up ^
bitterns	sedge or siege	^ up ^
board	sounder	^ up ^
buffalo	herd	^ up ^
bucks	brace or clash	^ up ^
caterpillars	army	^ up ^
cows	kine of cows (twelve cows are a flink)	^ up ^
coyote	band	^ up ^
cranes	sedge or siege	^ up ^
crocodiles	float	^ up ^
crows	murder	^ up ^
cubs	litter	^ up ^
curlews	herd	^ up ^
curs	cowardice	^ up ^
cats	clowder or clutter	^ up ^
cattle	herd or drove	^ up ^
chickens	brood or peep	^ up ^
chicks	clutch or chattering	^ up ^
clams	bed	^ up ^
cobras	quiver	^ up ^
colts	rag	^ up ^
coots	cover	^ up ^
deer	herd	^ up ^
dogs	pack	^ up ^
doves	dule	^ up ^
ducks	brace, paddling or team	^ up ^
eels	bed or swarm	^ up ^
eggs	clutch	^ up ^
elephants	herd or memory	^ up ^
elephant seals	pod	^ up ^
elks	gang	^ up ^
emus	mob	^ up ^
ferrets	business or fesnyng	^ up ^
finches	charm	^ up ^
fish	school, shoal, run, haul, catch or draught	^ up ^
flamingos	stand or flamboyance	^ up ^
flies	swarm	^ up ^
foxes	skulk or leash	^ up ^
frogs	army or colony	^ up ^
geese	flock, gaggle or skein (in flight)	^ up ^
gnats	cloud or horde	^ up ^
goats	herd, tribe or trip	^ up ^
goldfinches	charm	^ up ^
gorillas	band	^ up ^
greyhounds	leash	^ up ^
hares	down or husk	^ up ^
hawks	cast or kettle	^ up ^
hens	brood	^ up ^
herons	hedge	^ up ^
hogs	drift or parcel	^ up ^
horses	team, pair or harras	^ up ^
hounds	pack, mute or cry	^ up ^
jellyfish	smack	^ up ^
kangaroos	troop or mob	^ up ^
kittens	kindle or litter	^ up ^
larks	ascension or exultation	^ up ^
leopards	leap (leep)	^ up ^
lions	pride	^ up ^
locusts	plague	^ up ^
moles	labour	^ up ^
monkeys	troop	^ up ^
mules	barren or span	^ up ^
magpies	tiding	^ up ^
mallards	sord	^ up ^
mares	stud	^ up ^
martens	richness	^ up ^
owls	parliament	^ up ^
oxen	yoke, drove, team or herd	^ up ^
oysters	bed	^ up ^
parrots	company or pandemonium	^ up ^
partridges	covey	^ up ^
peacocks	muster or ostentation	^ up ^
peeps	litter	^ up ^
pheasants	nest, nide (nye) or bouquet	^ up ^
pigeons	flock or flight	^ up ^
pigs	litter	^ up ^
plovers	wing or congregation	^ up ^
ponies	string	^ up ^
porpoises	pod	^ up ^
quail	covey or bevy	^ up ^
rabbits	nest	^ up ^
rats	pack or swarm	^ up ^
rattlesnakes	rhumba	^ up ^
ravens	unkindness	^ up ^
rhinos	crash or herd	^ up ^
roebucks	bevy	^ up ^
rooks	building or clamour	^ up ^
seals	herd or pod	^ up ^
sheep	drove or flock	^ up ^
snakes	nest	^ up ^
snipe	walk or wisp	^ up ^
sparrows	host	^ up ^
squirrels	dray	^ up ^
starlings	murmuration	^ up ^
storks	mustering	^ up ^
swallows	flight	^ up ^
swans	bevy, herd, lamentation or wedge	^ up ^
swifts	flock	^ up ^
swine	sounder or drift	^ up ^
teal	spring	^ up ^
toads	knot, nest	^ up ^
trout	hover	^ up ^
turkeys	rafter	^ up ^
turtledoves	pitying or dule	^ up ^
turtles	bale	^ up ^
vipers	nest	^ up ^
walrus	pod	^ up ^
weasels	pack or colony	^ up ^
whales	school, gam or pod	^ up ^
wolves	pack or rout	^ up ^
wombats	wisdom	^ up ^
woodcocks	fall	^ up ^
woodpeckers	descent	^ up ^
zebras	herd, zeal	^ up ^

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