In this article we’ll give you the list of animals with their male and female version of names. This will give you a basic understanding of how animals are named and will be of great help if you ever had a question like what is the name of female dog ?, or what is the name of male cat ?
English is a versatile language and Grammatical gender is a system of noun classification on the basis of sex and it has many different types. All the animals come under common gender noun and therefore can be used to refer either male or female .
If an animal is a male it is characterized using Masculine noun words while if an animal is female it is are characterized using Feminine noun words.
List of Male and Female Animal Names
Below is a list of common animal names along with the masculine and feminine genders:
| Animal | Female Name / Feminine Gender | Male Name / Masculine Gender |
| 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 |
| dog | bitch | dog |
| donkey | jenny | jack |
| dragonfly | queen | king / drake |
| duck | duck / hen | drake |
| elephant | cow | bull |
| elk | cow | bull |
| falcon | falcon | tiercel |
| ferret | gill / jill | hob |
| finch | hen | cock |
| fox | vixen | dog |
| gerbil | doe | buck |
| giraffe | cow | bull |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
You can use the following image as a quick learning guide if you are teaching kids.
Keep exploring EnglishBix for more animal and their sounds , or learn vocabulary words to describe animals.