Groups of animals are called by different names depending on the species. Here are some examples of animal group names:

• Mammals:

  • Apes: troop or shrewdness
  • Badgers: cete
  • Bats: colony or cauldron
  • Bears: sleuth or sloth
  • Cats: clowder, pounce
  • Cattle: drove, herd
  • Deer: herd, bevy
  • Dogs: pack, mute, kennel
  • Elephants: herd
  • Elk: gang
  • Ferrets: business
  • Foxes: leash, skulk, earth
  • Giraffes: tower
  • Gorillas: band
  • Hippopotamuses: bloat or thunder
  • Hyenas: cackle
  • Jaguars: shadow
  • Kangaroos: troop or mob
  • Lions: pride
  • Moles: labor, company, movement
  • Monkeys: troop, barrel
  • Otters: bevy, family, romp, raft (when in water)
  • Pigs: sounder
  • Rabbits: colony, warren
  • Rats: mischief
  • Rhinoceroses: crash
  • Seals: pod
  • Squirrels: dray, scurry
  • Tigers: ambush, streak
  • Whales: pod, school, herd, or gam

• Birds:

  • Bitterns: sedge
  • Crows: murder
  • Doves: dule
  • Eagles: convocation
  • Falcons: cast
  • Flamingos: flamboyance
  • Geese: gaggle
  • Hawks: kettle
  • Herons: sedge
  • Jays: party
  • Owls: parliament
  • Parrots: pandemonium
  • Peacocks: muster
  • Pelicans: pod
  • Pheasants: nest
  • Puffins: circus
  • Ravens: unkindness
  • Swans: bevy
  • Turkeys: rafter
  • Vultures: wake

• Fish:

  • Bass: shoal
  • Herring: army
  • Sharks: shiver

• Insects:

  • Ants: colony or army
  • Bees: grist, hive, or swarm
  • Butterflies: kaleidoscope, flight, flutter, or rabble
  • Caterpillars: army

These are just a few examples of the many animal group names that exist. Some of these names are more commonly used than others, and some are specific to certain regions or cultures.