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Animal Groups

A gaggle of geese, a cackle of hyenas. See if you know the collective names for these members of the animal kingdom!

1. A ------ of cows
   • Kine
   • Herd
   • Scattle
   • Bunch

   Kine

   Kine is the Archaic/Old English plural of cow.

2. A ------ of parrots
   • Cloud
   • Persistence
   • Chattle
   • Pandemonium

   Pandemonium

   A group of parrots is also called a company.

3. Which of the following is not a term for a group of cats?
   • Clowder
   • Glaring
   • Cluster
   • Brood

   Brood

   A group of cats is also called a pounce, a cluster, or a clutter. A group of young cats is called a kindle.

4. A ------ of crows
   • Black
   • Murder
   • Host
   • Mob

   Murder

   A group of crows is called a murder because the group will often kill a sick or dying crow.

5. A ------ of baboons
   • Troop
   • Pack
   • Bumble
   • Den

   Troop

   A group of baboons is also called a flange or a tribe. Apes, gorillas, and kangaroos are also called a troop.

6. An ------ of larks
   • Intrusion
   • Exaltation
   • Army
   • Overage

   Exaltation

   This, as well as many other colorful terms such as a murmation of starlings, an unkindness of ravens, and a tiding of magpies are the poetic inventions of Dame Juliana Berners from her work, The Book of St Albans, published in 1486.

7. Which of the following is not a term for a group of whales?
   • Pod
   • Gam
   • Mob
   • Arc

   Arc

   Arc is the term for a group of doves.

8. A ------ of rattlesnakes
   • Nest
   • Swarm
   • Rhumba
   • Rook

   Rhumba

9. A ------ of owls
   • Government
   • Parliament
   • Jury
   • Congress

   Parliament

   A group of owls is also called a stare or a wisdom.

10. A ------of lizards
    • Luxury
    • Purse
    • Sect
    • Lounge

    Lounge

11. An ------ of buffalo
    • Obstinancy
    • Alliteration
    • Ornery
    • Army

    Obstinancy

    A group of buffalo can also be called a herd, gang, or troop.

12. A ------ of rhinoceroses
    • Wreck
    • Crash
    • Stampede
    • Disaster

    Crash

    Wreck is the term for a group of seabirds.

13. Which is not a term for a group of swans?
    • Wedge
    • Bank
    • Flight
    • Rookery

    Rookery

    Rookery is the name for a group of penguins or seals.

14. A ------ of alligators
    • Congregation
    • Troubling
    • Nest
    • Colony

    Congregation

    Troubling is the name for a group of goldfish.

15. A ------ of lions
    • Pack
    • Pride
    • Band
    • Nest

    Pride

    A group of peafowl is also called a pride.

16. A ------ of spiders
    • Clutter
    • Mess
    • Spray
    • Sinister

    Clutter

17. A ------ of wombats
    • World
    • Wisdom
    • Wonder
    • Whack

    Wisdom

18. A ----- of leopards
    • Loon
    • Lank
    • Spot
    • Leap

    Leap

    Leopards can leap more than 20 feet horizontally, and jump more than 10 feet vertically.

19. A ------ of ferrets
    • Bevy
    • Business
    • Brood
    • Bash

    Business

20. Which group of animals is not called a nest?
    • Rabbits
    • Toads
    • Mice
    • Moles

    Moles

    A group of moles is called a labor.