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WILD ANIMALS IN BRITAIN
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MAMMALS
GENERIC
FEMA
GROUP
MALE
YOUNG
NAME
LE
NAME
BADGER(S) Boar
Sow
Cub or
Kit
OTHER
INFORMATION
BAT(S)
Male
Femal
e
Pup
Colony
DEER
(DEER)
Stag
Doe
Fawn
Herd
Cub
Skulk
Foxes live in an
earth.
Jill
Leveret
Down
Sow
Piglet
Prickle
FOX(ES)
HARE(S)
DogShefox /
fox /
Reyna
Vixen
rd
Jack
HEDGEHOG
Boar
(S)
MOLE(S)
Male
Femal
e
Pup
Labour
MOUSE
(MICE)
Buck
Doe
Pup
Nest
OTTER(S)
Dog
Bitch
Kitten
Family
RABBIT(S) Buck
RAT(S)
Buck
SQUIRREL(
Buck
S)
Kit /
Bunny
Colony
Rabbits live in
warrens.
Doe
Kitten /
Pup
Nest
Doe
Pup
Dray
Jack
Jill
Kit
Pack
WEASEL(S) Jack
Jill
Kit
Sneak
STOAT(S)
BIRDS
Doe
Birds are
feathered,
winged,
bipedal,
warmCock
blooded,
egg-laying,
vertebrate
animals.
Nestling
/
Hatchlin
Hen
Flock(s)
g/
Fledglin
g
Femal
Young
e
CROW(S)
Male
Murder
DOVE(S)
Cock
Hen
Squab
Cote
DUCK(S)
Drake Hen
Ducklin
g
Flock
GOOSE
(GEESE)
HAWK(S)
If a
group of
geese is
flying, it
become
sa
Gande
"skein".
Goose Gosling
r
If they
are on
land or
water,
they're a
"gaggle"
.
Hen Tiercel
Eyas
HERON(S)
Aerie
Hedge
KINGFISHE
R(S)
OWL(S)
PEAFOWL
Owl
Jenny
Owlet
Parliame
nt
Pride
PHEASANT(
Cock
S)
Hen
Chick
Brood
PIGEON(S) Cock
Hen
Squab
Flight
ROBIN(S)
Cock
Hen
Chick
ROOK(S)
Cock
Hen
Chick
Building
SPARROW(
Cock
S)
Hen
Chick
Flock
STARLING(
Cock
S)
Hen
Chick
Flock
Pen
Signet
Bevy
SWAN(S)
An
invertebrate
whose body
INSECTS is comprised
of three
segments
and six legs.
ANT(S)
Cob
Swarm
BEE(S)
Queen
/
Drone
Larva
Worke
r
Hive
Caterpill
BUTTERFLY
Femal
ar /
(BUTTERFL Male
Swarm
e
Chrysali
IES)
s
DRAGONFL
Y
Femal Nymphs
Male
Swarm
(DRAGONF
e
/ Naiads
LIES)
FLY (FLIES) Male
MOTH(S)
FISH
Femal
Maggot Swarm
e
Caterpill
Femal
ar /
Male
Swarm
e
Chrysali
s
gills.
PIKE
Fry
Shoal /
School
SALMON
Jack
Hen
Fry
Run
TROUT
Jack
Hen
Fry
Hover
A class of
animals that
spend part
of their time
on land and
part in the
AMPHIBIA
water; they
NS
are an
intermediate
form
between
fishes and
reptiles.
FROG(S)
Male
Femal Tadpole(
Army
e
s)
NEWT(S)
Male
Femal
Larvae
e
TOAD(S)
Coldblooded
vertebrate
that lays
REPTILES
eggs and
has scales or
plates on its
skin
Male
Femal Tadpole(
e
s)
Knot
SNAKE(S)
Femal
Male
Young
e
Nest
A class of
invertebrate
s that have
a
segmented
body, a hard
external
CRUSTACE
skeleton
ANS
(exoskeleton
), two sets of
antennae
and one pair
of legs per
body
segment.
Femal
e
Zoea
LOBSTER(S
Femal
Male
)
e
Zoea
Femal
e
Spat
CRAB(S)
Male
MOLLUSCS
CLAM(S)
COCKLE(S)
Male
Bed
Bed
MUSSEL(S) Male
Femal Glochidi
e
a
Bed
OYSTER(S) Male
Femal
e
Bed
Spat
Cockles are
hermaphroditic. A
cockle will possess
both male and
female sex organs
during its life
SNAIL(S)
Male
Femal
e
Baby
Rout
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NAM INFORMATION
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MAMMALS
CATTLE
DEER
(DEER)
DOG(S)
DONKEY
GOAT(S)
HORSE(
S)
Bull
Stag
Mostly farmed
for milk and
meat (called
beef).
Cow
Herd /
Calf
Kine
Doe
Pack
(a
Mostly used for
group
work, protection
of
and herding on
Dog Bitch Puppy puppi
farms. Dog
es is
meat is not
called
eaten in the UK.
a
litter)
Mostly raised
for pleasure.
Jack Jenny Colt Drove Donkey meat is
not eaten in the
UK.
Mostly farmed
for milk and
cheese. Not
Billy Nanny Kid Flock
many people
eat goat meat
in the UK.
Stallio Mare Foal Herd Mostly farmed
n
for work, leisure
or sport (riding
etc). Not many
people in the UK
would
PIG(S)
Boar
SHEEP
Ram
knowingly eat
horse meat,
although there
is a trade for
pet meat.
Mostly farmed
Sow Piglet Litter
for its meat
(called pork).
Mostly farmed
for wool and
meat. The meat
is called lamb
Lamb /
Ewe
Flock from sheep less
Mutton
than a year old
and mutton
from older
sheep.
Thanks to JohnDavid
Kraaikamp
for pointing out
my mistake.
BIRDS
Farmed for its
meat and eggs.
CHICKE Cocker
Hen Chick Brood A farm that only
N(S)
el
raises birds is a
poultry farm.
A wild fowl and
Duckli
a farmed bird.
DUCK(S) Drake Hen
Brace
ng
Mostly farmed
for its meat.
A wild fowl and
GOOSE Gande
Goslin Gaggl a farmed bird.
Goose
(GEESE)
r
g
e
Mostly farmed
for its meat.
INSECTS
Bees live in
hives, and are
farmed for their
Queen
honey. A bee
/
Swar farm is often
BEE(S) Drone
Larva
Worke
m called an apiary.
r
Someone who
keeps bees is
usually called a
beekeeper.
FISH
Yes, salmon is
farmed in the
UK.
SALMO
N
Jack
Hen
Fry
Shoal
TROUT
Jack
Hen
Fry
GRO
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UP
YOUNG
INFORMATI
NAME
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LE
NAM
ON
E
MAMMALS
CAT(S)
Clutte
r (a
group
of
Tom Queen Kitten kitten
s is
called
a
litter)
There are
between 6.5
million and
DOG(S)
Dog Bitch Puppy Pack
7.4 million
pet dogs in
the UK.
Domestic pet
ferrets,
Mustela furo
(sometimes
FERRET(S) Dog Bitch
Kit
Cast
called
Mustela
putorius
furo), are not
wild animals.
GERBIL(S) Male
GUINEA
PIG(S)
Femal
e
Boar Sow
Pup
Horde
Pup
HAMSTER(S
Femal
Male
)
e
RAT(S)
Pup
I had several
hamsters as
Horde
pets when I
was a child.
Kitten /
Buck Doe
Nest
Pup
Seemingly
rats make
very good
pets.
BIRDS
INSECTS
BUDGERIGA
Hen Cock
R(S)
They come in
a variety of
colours
including
Chick Flock blue. One of
the most
common pets
in the UK.
aka Budgie
CANARY
Hen Cock
(CANARIES)
Chick Flock
COCKATIEL(
Hen Cock
S)
Chick Flock
COCKATOO(
Hen Cock
S)
Chick Flock
Chick Flock
Yes, people in
Femal Spiderli Clust the UK keep
SPIDER(S) Male
e
ng
er
spiders as
pets.
FISH
GOLDFISH Male
Femal
e
Fry
Probably the
most
Shoal
common pet
in the UK.
REPTILES
SNAKE(S) Male
Femal
Baby
e
Yes, people in
the UK keep
Nest
snakes as
pets too.