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Mammals
Apes – A shrewdness
Bats – A colony
Bears – A sloth, sleuth
Buffalo – A gang, an obstinacy (I suspect these refer to old world buffalo; use “herd” for American bison)
Cats – A clowder, a pounce; for kittens…A kindle, litter, an intrigue
Cattle – A drove, herd
Deer – A herd, bevy (refers only to roe deer)
Dogs – A litter (young), pack (wild), cowardice (of curs); specific to hounds…A cry, mute, pack, kennel
Elephants – A herd
Ferrets – A business
Fox – A leash, skulk, earth
Giraffes – A tower
Goats – A tribe, trip
Gorillas – A band
Hippopotamuses – A bloat
Horses – A team, harras, rag (for colts), stud (a group of horses belonging to a single owner, string (ponies)
Hyenas – A cackle
Kangaroos – A troop
Leopards – A leap
Lions – A pride
Martens – A richness
Moles – A labor
Monkeys – A troop, barrel
Mules – A pack, span, barren
Otters – A romp
Oxen – A team, yoke
Pigs – A drift, drove, litter (young), sounder (of swine), team, passel (of hogs), singular (refers to a group of boars)
Porcupines – A prickle
Rabbits – A colony, warren, nest, herd (domestic only), litter (young); specific to hares…A down, husk
Rhinoceroses – A crash
Seals – A pod, herd
Sheep – A drove, flock, herd
Squirrels – A dray, scurry
Tigers – A streak
Whales – A pod, gam, herd
Wolves – A pack, rout or route (when in movement)
Birds
Birds in general – A flight (in the air), flock (on the ground), volary, brace (generally for gamebirds or waterfowl, referring to a pair or couple killed by a hunter)
Buzzards – A wake
Bobolinks – A chain
Chicks (of many species) – A brood; clutch
Coots – A cover
Cormorants – A gulp
Cranes – A sedge
Crows – A murder, horde
Doves – A dule, pitying (specific to turtle doves)
Ducks – A brace, flock (in flight), raft (on water) team, paddling (on water), badling
Eagles – A convocation
Flamingos – A stand
Geese – A flock, gaggle (on the ground), skein (in flight)
Gulls – A colony
Hawks – A cast, kettle (flying in large numbers), boil (two or more spiraling in flight)
Herons – A sedge, a siege
Owls – A parliament
Parrots – A company
Partridge – A covey
Peacocks – A muster, an ostentation
Penguins – A colony
Pheasant – A nest, nide (a brood), nye, bouquet
Quail – A bevy, covey
Ravens – An unkindness
Sparrows – A host
Storks – A mustering
Swallows – A flight
Swans – A bevy, wedge (in flight)
Turkeys – A rafter, gang
Woodpeckers – A descent
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Reptiles and Amphibians
Crocodiles – A bask
Frogs – An army
Toads – A knot
Turtles – A bale, nest
Snakes, vipers – A nest
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Fish
Fish in general – A draft, nest, school, shoal (some authors claim that the common “school” is a corruption of shoal, and therefore incorrect)
Bass – A shoal
Herring – An army
Sharks – A shiver
Trout – A hover
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Invertebrates
Ants – A colony
Bees – A grist, hive, swarm
Caterpillars – An army
Clams – A bed
Cockroaches – An intrusion
Flies – A business
Gnats – A cloud, horde
Grasshoppers – A cloud
Hornets – A nest
Jellyfish – A smack
Locusts – A plague
Oysters – A bed
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