What are the names for male and female animals?We previously looked at the names for specific baby animals, so now it’s time to turn our attention to words for male and female animals. Explore the list below to discover the names for a female hedgehog, a male swan, and many others.
| animal |
female |
male |
| ant |
queen / worker |
drone |
| antelope |
doe |
buck |
| bear |
sow / she-bear |
boar |
| camel |
cow |
bull |
| caribou |
doe |
buck |
| cat |
queen |
tom |
| chimpanzee |
empress |
blackback |
| chicken |
hen |
cock / rooster |
| coyote |
bitch |
dog |
| crab |
hen / jenny |
cock / jimmy |
| crocodile |
cow |
bull |
| deer |
doe |
stag / buck |
| animal |
female |
male |
| dog |
bitch |
dog |
| donkey |
jenny |
jack |
| dragonfly |
queen |
king / drake |
| duck |
duck / hen |
drake |
| elephant |
cow |
bull |
| elk |
cow |
bull |
| falcon |
falcon |
tiercel |
| ferret |
jill |
hob |
| finch |
hen |
cock |
| fox |
vixen |
dog |
| gerbil |
doe |
buck |
| giraffe |
cow |
bull |
| animal |
female |
male |
| goat |
nanny / doe |
billy / buck |
| goose |
goose |
gander |
| guinea pig |
sow |
boar |
| hamster |
doe |
buck |
| hawk |
hen |
tiercel |
| hedgehog |
sow |
boar |
| Hippopotamus |
cow |
bull |
| horse |
mare / dam |
stallion / stud |
| jellyfish |
sow |
boar |
| kangaroo |
flyer / doe / jill |
boomer / buck / jack |
| leopard |
leopardess |
leopard |
| lion |
lioness |
lion |
| animal |
female |
male |
| lobster |
hen |
cock |
| mallard |
hen |
greenhead |
| mole |
sow |
boar |
| mouse |
doe |
buck |
| opossum |
jill |
jack |
| peafowl |
peahen |
peacock |
| partridge |
hen / chantelle |
cock |
| pig |
sow / gilt |
boar / barrow |
| rabbit |
doe / jill |
buck / jack |
| rat |
doe / cow |
buck / bull |
| red deer |
hind |
stag / hart |
| salmon |
hen |
cock |
| animal |
female |
male |
| seahorse |
seamare |
seastallion |
| sheep |
ewe / dam |
ram / buck |
| swan |
pen |
cob |
| termite |
cow |
bull |
| tiger |
tigress |
tiger |
| turkey |
hen |
gobbler / stag / tom |
| walrus |
cow |
bull |
| whale |
cow |
bull |
| wolf |
bitch / she-wolf |
dog |
| wolverine |
angeline |
wolverine |
| zebra |
mare |
stallion |
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