Many of us are familiar with “herds”, “packs” and “pods”, groups of horses, dogs, and dolphins, respectively. But did you know that a group of cats is called a “clowder”, or that a litter or two of kittens is a “kindle”? Of course, a “pride” is a family of lions, but you might not be aware that a “leap” is a group of leopards, a “coalition” is a company of cheetah, and a gathering of tigers is called an “ambush”.

Here are 20 more unusual names for animal groups:

“Business” = A group of ferrets.

“Cast” = A group of falcons.

“Charm” = A group of finches.

“Convocation” = A group of eagles.

“Crash” = A group of rhinos.

“Float” = A group of crocodiles.

“Gang” = A group of elk.

“Mischief” = A group of rats.

“Mob” = A group of emus.

“Murder” = A group of crows.

“Murmuration” = A group of starlings.

“Parliament” = A group of owls.

“Quiver” = A group of cobras.

“Rhumba” = A group of rattlesnakes.

“Richness” = A group of martens.

“Shrewdness” = A group of apes.

“Tower” = A group of giraffe.

“Troubling” = A group of goldfish.

“Unkindness” = A group of ravens.

“Zeal” = A group of zebras.

Some of those groups are very aptly named! How many did you already know?

 

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