The 50 strangest names for groups of animals

The 50 strangest names for groups of animals

by TylerJanuary 1, 2023

The 50 strangest names for groups of animals

frogs — frogsAmarasiri Peasena Wigemanna / 500px via Getty Images

You probably know that a group of wolves is called a pack or a group of pups is called a litter, but there are many collective names for animals that are much less well known and frankly very strange.

Find the strangest of these collective nouns on the following slides:

A Cunning of Apes

Chimpanzees in Kibale National Park in Uganda. — Chimpanzees in Kibale National Park in Uganda.Yannick Tylle via Getty Images

A congregation of alligators

A turtle lies on top of an alligator at the Summit Zoo in Panama City on August 10, 2012. — REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

a bunch of badgers

badger — REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

A cauldron of bats

Fern Cave Bats, Texas — Flickr / US Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters

A sloth or a bear hound

Bears in Grand Teton National Park. — Bears in Grand Teton National Park.Johnny Johnson via Getty Images

A gang or buffalo stubbornness

water buffalo iraq — Two buffaloes gather by the waters of the Chebayesh swamp in Nassiriya, southeast of Baghdad, on February 11, 2015. Picture taken on February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Alaa Al Marjani

A clowder, ruckus, jump, dout, annoyance, glory or a cats look.

AOSHIMA Japan cats — Cats crowd around village nurse and Ozu city official Atsuko Ogata as she carries a bag of cat food to the designated feeding spot on Aoshima island in southern Ehime prefecture. of Japan, on February 25, 2015.REUTERS/Tomas Pedro

an army of caterpillars

Caterpillars walking on the leaf — Caterpillars walking on leaves.Oleksandr Chornyi via Getty Images

A camel caravan

camels — camelsJohn M Lund Photography Inc via Getty Images

A coalition of cheetahs

cheetahs — cheetahsPradeep Ravi / 500px via Getty Images

A murder of crows

crows — crowsDavid Akers / 500px via Getty Images

A cowardice of dogs.

Dogs — DogsAlexandra Robins via Getty Images

a pod of dolphins

Tokyo, Japan: Japan reopens an aquarium with trained dolphins and whales, despite drawing international criticism for its whaling practices. — Dolphins and whales leap out of the water at a media preview of the reopening of the Epson Aqua Park Shinagawa aquarium in Tokyo on July 6, 2015.REUTERS/Toru Hanai

at the pace of donkeys

Donkey — Matt Cardy/Stringer/Getty Images

A summons of eagles

Bald eagle — REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

a parade of elephants

circus elephant Mario Tama Getty ending — Mario Tama/Getty

a gang of moose

herd of elk — A herd of elk in Colorado.David Zalubowski/AP

a ferret business

Ferret — FerretTina Riches/EyeEm via Getty Images

A flamingo extravaganza

flamingos — Snow falls on a flock of flamingos standing in a snow-covered field at a wildlife zoo in Hefei, Anhui province, on January 29, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

A leash, a stalk or a foxland

red foxes — Bob Hilscher/fake images

an army of frogs

frogs — frogsAmarasiri Peasena Wigemanna / 500px via Getty Images

a tower of giraffes

giraffes — giraffesJames Warwick via Getty Images

goat — Shutterstock/Gorb Andrii

gorilla — A gorilla sits in its enclosure at London Zoo on February 16, 2008.kevin coombs

A swelling, or a thunder of hippos

hippos — hipposImage source via Getty Images

A hyena cackle

hyenas — Frank Bienewald/LightRocket via Getty Images

a shadow of jaguars

Jaguar — JaguarDeAgostini/Getty Images

a jellyfish strike

jellyfish — jellyfishPhotograph by Zack Podratz via Getty Images

A troop or crowd of kangaroos

group of kangaroos — REUTERS/Stefan Postles

A conspiracy of lemurs

lemurs — lemurs© Justin Lo via Getty Images

a leap of leopards

Leopard — Christophe Lehenaff/Getty Images

A troop or barrel of monkeys

monkeys — monkeysJulian Gunther via Getty Images

A romp, a family or a raft of otters

otters — ottersArthur Morris via Getty Images

A pandemonium or company of parrots

parrots — Yatra/Shutterstock

A colony, gathering, plot or colony of penguins

Near the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, a group of Adélie penguins plunge from an iceberg into the frigid ocean waters. — Near the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, a group of Adélie penguins plunge from an iceberg into the frigid ocean waters.Jay Dickman/fake images

A drift, herd, probe, team or pass of pigs

pigs — iStock

A prick of porcupines

porcupines — porcupinesMartin Harvey via Getty Images

A cruelty of crows

Raven — RavenUgo Bukudjian/EyeEm via Getty Images

A colony or rabbit hole.

rabbits — rabbitsPhotograph by Fiona McAllister via Getty Images

A clash of rhinos

This baby rhino is helping save his species. — Courtesy of the San Diego Zoo

a tower building

Tower — Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

A maelstrom of salamanders

A leaf-spotted salamander is seen on a rock in the Semdinli district of Hakkari, Turkey, on May 28, 2020. — Sirac Karadeniz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

A wagon or squirrel race

squirrels — squirrelsVicki Jauron, Babylon and Beyond Photography via Getty Images

A group, a game or a wedge of swans

swans — ira_kalina/Shutterstock

An ambush or streak of tigers

tigers — tigersMark Newman via Getty Images

A rafter, gang or gang of turkeys

turkeys — turkeysNick David via Getty Images

a place of vultures

Vultures feast on a road kill as travelers pass through Great Falls, Virginia, in this February 20, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang/Files — File photo of vultures feasting on a roadkill in Great Falls, VirginiaThomson Reuters

A gam, pod, or pod of whales

sperm whales — A pod of sperm whales swimming underwater.fake images

A wisdom of wombats

woombat — woombatAndrew Aylett via Getty Images

A zeal of zebras

zebras — zebrasJames Warwick via Getty Images

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