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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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