Group Of Animals
A colony cloud or camp.
Group of animals. Whenever animals gather in groups they are formally called. The best known source of many english words used for collective groupings of animals is the book of saint albans an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to juliana berners. We ve gathered together a list of 60 groups of animals and their collective nouns some animal groups can have more than one collective noun that you may or may not have heard of. Names for groups of animals include pods of whales exaltations of larks knots of toads packs of dogs parliaments of owls and sloths of bears.
Arthropods including centipedes millipedes crustaceans arachnids and insects. Amphibians including caecilians frogs toads newts and salamanders. Nest pit or den stingrays. Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites.
Bale or nest vipers. For many animals particularly domesticated ones there are specific names for males females young and groups. Bird groups including wading birds night birds song birds and birds of prey. Animals complex multicellular organisms equipped with nervous systems and the ability to pursue or capture their food can be divided into six broad categories.
In addition cattle horses and deer are all grouped into herds.