| Mammals | |
| Antelope | A herd |
| Apes | A shrewdness, troup |
| Asses | A pace |
| Badgers | A cete |
| Bats | A colony |
| Bears | A sloth, sleuth |
| Beavers | A colony |
| Bison | A herd |
| Boars | A sounder |
| Bucks | A brace, clash |
| Buffalo | A gang, an obstinacy |
| Camels | A caravan |
| Cats | A clowder, a pounce; for kittens...A kindle, litter, an intrigue |
| Cattle | A drove, herd, mob |
| Cows | A kine |
| Coyote | A band |
| 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 |
| Dolphins | A pod |
| Donkeys | A pace |
| Elephants | A herd |
| Elk | A gang |
| Ferrets | A business |
| Fox | A leash, skulk, earth |
| Giraffes | A tower |
| Goats | A tribe, trip |
| Gorillas | A band |
| Greyhounds | A leash |
| Hares | A down, husk, down, mute |
| Hedgehogs | An array |
| Hippopotamuses | A bloat |
| Hogs | A drift, parcel |
| Horses | A team, harras, rag (for colts), stud (a group of horses belonging to a single owner, string (ponies) |
| Hounds | A pack, mute, cry |
| Hyenas | A cackle |
| Jackrabbits | A husk |
| Kangaroos | A mob, troop |
| Leopards | A leap |
| Lions | A pride |
| Martens | A richness |
| Mice | A nest |
| 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 |
| Prairie Dogs | A coterie |
| Rabbits | A colony, warren, nest, herd (domestic only), litter (young); specific to hares...A down, husk |
| Rats | A pack, swarm |
| Rhinoceroses | A crash |
| Roebucks | A bevy |
| Seals | A pod, herd |
| Sheep | A drove, flock, herd |
| Squirrels | A dray, scurry |
| Tigers | A streak, ambush |
| Walrus | A pod |
| Whales | A pod, gam, herd |
| Wolves | A pack, rout or route (when in movement) |
| Zebras | A zeal |
| 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) |
| Bitterns | A sedge |
| Buzzards | A wake |
| Bobolinks | A chain |
| Chicks (of many species) | A brood; clutch |
| Coots | A cover |
| Cormorants | A gulp |
| Cranes | A sedge, herd, seige |
| Crows | A murder, horde |
| Dotterel | A trip |
| Doves | A dule, flight, pitying (specific to turtle doves) |
| Ducks | A brace, flock (in flight), raft (on water) team, paddling (on water), badling |
| Eagles | A convocation |
| Finches | A charm |
| Flamingos | A stand |
| Geese | A flock, gaggle (on the ground), skein (in flight) |
| Grouse | A pack (in late season) |
| Gulls | A colony |
| Hawks | A cast, kettle (flying in large numbers), boil (two or more spiraling in flight) |
| Herons | A sedge, a siege |
| Jays | A party, scold, band |
| Lapwings | A deceit |
| Larks | An exaltation, ascension |
| Mallards | A sord (in flight), brace |
| Magpies | A tiding, gulp, murder, charm |
| Nightingales | A watch |
| Owls | A parliament |
| Parrots | A company, pandemonium |
| Partridge | A covey |
| Peacocks | A muster, an ostentation |
| Penguins | A colony |
| Pheasant | A nest, nide (a brood), nye, bouquet |
| Pigeons | A flock, flight (in flight) |
| Plovers | A congregation, wing (in flight) |
| Ptarmigans | A covey |
| Rooks | A building |
| Quail | A bevy, covey |
| Ravens | An unkindness |
| Rooks | A clamour, building |
| Snipe | A walk, a wisp |
| Sparrows | A host |
| Starlings | A murmuration |
| Storks | A mustering |
| Swallows | A flight |
| Swans | A bevy, wedge (in flight) |
| Swifts | A flock |
| Teal | A spring |
| thrushes | A mutation |
| Turkeys | A rafter, gang |
| Turtledoves | A pitying |
| Widgeons | A company |
| Wildfowl | A knob, bunch, trip, plump |
| Woodcocks | A fall |
| Woodpeckers | A descent |
| Wrens | A herd |
| Reptiles and Amphibians | |
| Cobras | A quiver |
| Crocodiles | A bask, float |
| Frogs | An army |
| Rattlesnakes | A rhomba |
| Toads | A knot |
| Turtles | A bale, nest, dole |
| Snakes in general | A nest, bed, pit, knot |
| Vipers | A nest |
| Fish | |
| Fish in general | A draft, nest, school, shoal |
| Barracudas | A battery |
| Bass | A shoal |
| Eels | A swarm, bed |
| Goldfish | A cloud |
| Herring | An army |
| Minnows | A steam, swarm |
| Salmon | A run |
| Sardines | A family |
| Sharks | A shiver |
| Trout | A hover |
| Invertebrates & Others | |
| Ants | A colony, army |
| Bacteria | A culture |
| Bees | A grist, hive, swarm |
| Butterflies | A flight, flutter |
| Caterpillars | An army |
| Clams | A bed |
| Cockroaches | An intrusion, shoal |
| Flies | A business, swarm |
| Gnats | A cloud, horde |
| Grasshoppers | A cloud |
| Hornets | A nest |
| Jellyfish | A smack |
| Lice | A flock |
| Locusts | A plague, swarm |
| Oysters | A bed |
| Spiders | A cluster, clutter |
| Termites | A colony, nest, brood, swarm |
| Wasps | A nest, herd, pladge |
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