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List of collective nouns for non-human mammals
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| SUBJECT | COLLECTIVE TERM | |
| aardvarks | An aarmory of aardvarks | Spurious |
| antelope | A herd of antelope | |
| apes | A shrewdness of apes | |
| asses | A pace of asses | |
| baboons | A congress of baboons | |
| baboons | A flange of baboons | |
| badgers | A cete of badgers | |
| bats | A colony of bats | |
| bears | A sloth of bears | |
| beavers | A colony of beavers | |
| beavers | A lodge of beavers | |
| boars | A singular of boars | |
| boars | A sounder of boars | |
| boys | A rascal of boys | |
| buffalo | A herd of buffalo | |
| buffalo | An obstinacy of buffalo | |
| camels | A flock of camels | |
| cats (feral or wild) | A destruction of cats (feral or wild) | |
| cats | A clowder of cats | |
| cats | A cluster of cats | |
| cats | A clutter of cats | |
| cats | A glaring of cats | |
| cats | A pounce of cats | |
| kittens (cats) | A kindle of kittens (cats) | |
| cattle | A herd of cattle | |
| cattle | A kine of cattle | |
| chamois[?] | A herd of chamois | |
| cattle | A drove of cattle | |
| cows | A flink of cows | |
| cows | A herd of cows | |
| curs[?] | A cowardice of curs | |
| deer | A herd of deer | |
| deer | A leash of deer | |
| deer | A parcel of deer | |
| roes | A bevy of roes | |
| hounds | A cry of hounds | |
| puppies | A litter of puppies | |
| show dogs | A bench of show dogs | Uncertain |
| dolphins | A pod of dolphins | |
| elephants | A herd of elephants | |
| elephants | A parade of elephants | |
| elk | A gang of elk | |
| ferrets | A business of ferrets | |
| ferrets | A fesnying of ferrets | |
| foxes | A leash of foxes | |
| foxes | A skulk of foxes | |
| giraffes | A corps of giraffes | |
| giraffes | A tower of giraffes | Uncertain |
| goats | A tribe of goats | |
| goats | A trip of goats | |
| gorillas | A band of gorillas | |
| gorillas | A woop of gorillas | |
| hares | A down of hares | |
| hares | A husk of hares | |
| hares | A leap of hares | |
| hares | A trace of hares | |
| hares | A trip of hares | |
| hedgehogs | A prickle of hedgehogs | |
| hippopotami | A bloat of hippopotami | Uncertain |
| hippopotami | A crash of hippopotami | |
| colts | A rag of colts | |
| colts | A rake of colts | |
| horses | A harass of horses | |
| horses | A stable of horses | |
| horses | A team of horses | |
| mares | A stud of mares | |
| ponies | A string of ponies | |
| racehorses | A field of racehorses | |
| hounds | A cry of hounds | |
| hounds | A mute of hounds | |
| hounds | A pack of hounds | |
| hyenas | A clan of hyenas | |
| kangaroos | A court of kangaroos (see note) | Spurious |
| kangaroos | A mob of kangaroos | |
| kangaroos | A troop of kangaroos | |
| leopards | A leap of leopards | |
| lions | A pride of lions | |
| lions | A sault of lions | |
| lions | A sowse of lions | |
| moles | A company of moles | |
| moles | A labour of moles | |
| moles | A movement of moles | |
| monkeys | A mission of monkeys | |
| monkeys | A tribe of monkeys | |
| mice | A mischief of mice | |
| mice | A nest of mice | |
| mules | A barren of mules | |
| mules | A Rake of mules | |
| oxen | A span of oxen | |
| oxen | A team of oxen | |
| oxen | A yoke of oxen | |
| pandas | A pandemonium of pandas | Spurious |
| pekinese[?] | A pomp of pekinese | |
| hogs | A drift of hogs | Uncertain |
| hogs | A parcel of hogs | |
| hogs | A passel of hogs | |
| piglets | A farrow of piglets | |
| piglets | A litter of piglets | |
| pigs | A drove of pigs | |
| pigs | A herd of pigs | |
| pigs | A sounder of pigs | |
| polar bears | An aurora of polar bears | |
| polecats[?] | A chine of polecats | |
| porpoises | A turmoil of porpoises | Uncertain |
| possum | A passel of possum | Uncertain |
| conies | A bury of conies | |
| kittens (rabbits) | A wrack of kittens (rabbits) | |
| rabbits | A bury of rabbits | |
| rabbits | A colony of rabbits | |
| rabbits | A nest of rabbits | |
| raccoons | A gaze of raccoons | |
| rats | A colony of rats | |
| rats | A pack of rats | |
| rats | A rabble of rats | |
| rats | A swarm of rats | |
| rhinoceroses | A crash of rhinoceroses | |
| seals | A plum of seals | Uncertain |
| seals | A pod of seals | |
| seals | A spring of seals | |
| lambs | A fall of lambs | |
| sheep | A flock of sheep | |
| sheep | A trip of sheep | |
| squirrels | A dray of squirrels | |
| swine | A drift of swine | |
| swine | A sounder of swine | |
| tigers | A streak of tigers | |
| tigers | An ambush of tigers | |
| walruses | A herd of walruses | |
| walruses | An ugly of walruses | |
| weasels | A sneak of weasels | |
| whales | A gam of whales | |
| whales | A herd of whales | |
| whales | A pod of whales | |
| whales | A school of whales | |
| wolves | A pack of wolves | |
| wolves | A rout of wolves | |
| wolves | A rout of wolves | |
| zebra | A herd of zebra | |
| zebra | A zeal of zebra | |
Notes:
The phrase "A court of kangaroos" is frequently thought to be legitimate, given the (quite unrelated) expression "a kangaroo court". There is no known evidence of its legitimacy as a collective noun, however.
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