Term | Definition |
Canine | Dog |
Dog/stud | intact male dog |
Bitch | intact female dog |
Whelp / pup | young dog |
Whelping | giving birth to whelps |
Pack | group of dogs |
Littler | multiple offspring born during same labor |
Feline | Cat |
Tom | intact male cat |
Queen | intact female cat |
Kitten | young cat |
Queening | giving birth to kittens |
Lagomorph | Rabbit |
Buck | intact male rabbit |
Doe | intact female rabbit / deer |
Lapin | neutered male rabbit |
Kit | young rabbit (blind and deaf) |
Kindling | giving birth to rabbits |
Herd | group of rabbits / goats |
Ferret | Ferret |
Hob | intact male ferret |
Jill | intact female ferret |
Gib | neutered male ferret |
Sprite | spayed female ferret |
Kit | young ferret |
Kindling | given birth of ferrets |
Cavy | Guinea pig |
Boar | intact male guinea pig |
Sow | intact female guinea pig |
Gander | intact males goose |
Murine | mouse or rat |
Sire | intact male mouse/rat |
Dam | intact female mouse/rat |
Pup | young mouse/rat /guinea pigs |
Gang | group of mice |
Psittacine | Parrot also includes other bird with bills for cracking seeds |
Cock | intact male parrot |
Hen | intact female parrot / chicken / ratite |
Chick | young parrot |
Flock / company | group of parrot |
Clutch | group of eggs |
Rooster / cock | sexually mature male chicken |
Poult | young turkey / chickens |
Flock | group of turkey / chickens / ducks / ratites |
Capon | young castrated male chicken or domestic fowl |
Cockerel | immature male chicken |
Pullet | immature female chicken |
Chick | very young chicken |
Goose | intact female goose |
Gosling | young goose |
Gaggle | group of geese |
Drake | intact male duck |
Anserine | goose/ duck |
Duck | intact female duck |
duckling | young duck |
Ratite | Large, flightless bird (ostrich, emu, and rhea) |
Rooster | intact male ratite |
Chick ratite | young less than 6 months of age |
Hatchling | ostrich up to 2 days old |
Yearling | ostrich from 6 months to 12 months age / rhea 6- 18 months of age |
Porcine | pig / swine |
Boar swine | intact male pig |
Sow | intact female pig |
Barrow | male pig castrated when young |
Stag | male pig castrated after maturity |
Gilt | young female pig that has not farrowed |
Pig / piglet | young pig |
Farrowing | giving birth to pigs |
Herd | group of pigs / cattle |
Equine | horse, pony, donkey, and mules |
Stallion | intact male equine >4 yrs old |
Colt | intact male equine <4 yrs old |
Mare | intact female equine >4 yrs old |
Filly | intact female equine <4 yrs old |
Gelding | castrated male equine |
Ridgeling / Rig | cryptorchid equine (1 or 2 have not descended) |
Foal | young equine of either sex |
Weanling | young equine <1 yr old that has been weaned form its mother |
Suckling | a still-nursing foal |
Yearling | young equine between 1-2 yrs old (short closer to 1yr, long closer to 2 yrs) |
Foaling | giving birth to equine |
Herd | group of equine / cervidae |
Band | group of house with one male |
Brood mare | breeding female equine |
Maiden mare | female equine never bred |
Barren mare / open mare | intact female horse that was not bred or did not conceive the previous season |
Wet mare | intact female horse that has foaled during the current breeding season |
Agalactic mare | intact female horse not producing milk |
Pony | equine between 8.2-14.2 hands when mature |
Donkey | ass, burro |
Jack / jack ass | intact male donkey |
Jenny | intact female donkey |
Ovine | sheep |
Ram | intact male sheep |
Ewe | intact female sheep |
Wether | castrated male sheep |
Lamb | young sheep |
Hothouse lamb | young sheep less than 3 months of age |
Spring lamb | young sheep 3-7 months of age |
Yearling | sheep 1-2 yrs of age |
Lambing | giving birth to sheep |
Flock ovine | group of sheep |
Caprine | goat |
Buck | intact male goat / deer |
Doe (caprine) | intact female goat |
Wether | castrated male goat |
Kid | young goat |
Kidding (caprine) | giving birth to goats |
Freshening / freshen | giving birth to dairy animals |
Camelid | llama, alpaca, guanaco, vicuna |
Bull / stallion | intact male llama, |
Cow | intact female llama / elk / moose / caribou |
Gelding | castrated male llama |
Cria | young llama |
Bovine | cattle |
Bull | intact male cattle / elk / moose / caribou |
Jumper bull | intact male cattle that has just reached maturity and is used for breeding |
Cow (bovine) | intact female bovine that has given birth |
Steer | male bovine castrated when young |
Stag | male bovine castrated after maturity |
Heifer | young female bovine that has not given birth |
Calf (bovine) | young cattle |
Calving | giving birth to cattle |
Freshening / freshen | giving birth to dairy animals |
Springing heifer / first calf heifer | young pregnant with her first calf |
Freemartin | sexually imperfect (twin with one male and one female) |
Cervidae | deer, elk, moose, caribou |
Fawn | young deer |
Heifer | young female elk / moose / caribou |
Hinny | baby from a male horse and female donkey |
Mule | baby from a male donkey and female horse |
Dam | female parent |
Sire | male parent |