Collective Names:
Antelope – herd, cluster, tribe
Apes – shrewdness, troop
Badgers – cete, colony
Cats (Wild) – destruction, dowt, dout
Cheetah – coalition
Elephant – parade, herd
Giraffe – tower, corps, journey, team
Hedgehogs – array, prickle
Hippo – raft, pod, bloat, thunder, school
Hyaena – clan
Impala – rank
Jackal – skulk
Leopard – leap, lepe
Lion – delight, sault, sowse
Monkeys – shrewdness, cartload, troop, troup
Mongoose – business enterprise
Pigs (Wild) – sounder
Rhino – crash, stubbornness, herd
Wild Doggy – pack
Wildebeest – implausibility, herd
Zebra – dazzle, zeal, cohort
Name Origins:
Aardvark: Afrikaans phrase translation “earth pig” as ears and nose resemble those of a pig, also burrows a great deal.
Bat-eared fox: Refers to the huge ears resembling those people of egyptian slit-faced bat
Blesbok: Afrikaans word translation “bald buck” referring to the white blaze on the experience
Bushbaby: Lives in the “bush” and their contact sounds like that of a crying infant
Caracal: From the Turkish name “garah-gulak” this means black ear, with reference to the black ear tufts
Cheetah: Hindu term “chita” which means “noticed 1”
Duiker: Afrikaans meaning “diver” from the action of the antelope when managing away
Eland: Dutch term for elk, considered to be related or related
Elephant: Greek word “elphas” and latin term “elephantus” for the species
Gemsbok: Dutch word “gems” indicating chamois in reference to colour
Genet: Identify of place in Spain the species inhabited in the 18th century
Giraffe: Arabic phrase “xirapha” indicating “a person who walks swiftly”
Hartebeest: Afrikaans term translation “heart cow” with reference to the form of the horns
Hippopotamus: Greek “(h)ippo” indicating horse, and “pot-amus” indicating flowing river ñ a river horse
Honey Badger: Eats honey, badger from French term “becheur” which means digger
Impala: Zulu identify “imphala” and Tswana title “phala” for the species
Jackal: Persian identify “sagal” for the golden jackal
Klipspringer: Afrikaans word translation “stone jumper” with reference to the bounding motion in rocky habitat
Kudu: Khoikhoi title for the species
Leopard: Greek text “pardus” for panther and “leo” for lion, shortened to leopard from leopardus
Lion: Greek term “leon” for the species
Mongoose: Indian name “mangus” for the species
Nyala: Zulu name “iNxala” for the species
Pangolin: Malay identify for “peng-goling” for the species, which implies “the roller” from their practice of rolling into a ball for protection
Porcupine: Greek phrase “porcus” meaning pig and “spina” that means species, direct translation “spined pig”
Rhinoceros: Greek phrase “rhis” this means nose and “keras” this means horn, immediate translation “nose horn”
Springbok: Afrikaans indicating “jumping back” in reference to their one of a kind jumping motion referred to as “pronking”
Warthog: Refers to the outgrowths or warts on the encounter
Zebra: Portuguese or Italian title of the species in the Congo area