There are vast range of collective nouns, some are used for many animals or groups like herd, while some are specific to particular group.
So lets first look at the common nouns, common to many groups:
herd - herd can be used of all grass eating animal groups mainly, eg. cattle, elephant, asses, buffalo, caribou ( a type of reindeer) ,
troop - baboon, apes, dogfish ( a dogfish is a small bottom-dwelling shark with a long tail)
colony - auk ( a short winged seabird) , beavers, ant, badgers ( a mammal from weasel family) , bats,
So lets first look at the common nouns, common to many groups:
herd - herd can be used of all grass eating animal groups mainly, eg. cattle, elephant, asses, buffalo, caribou ( a type of reindeer) ,
troop - baboon, apes, dogfish ( a dogfish is a small bottom-dwelling shark with a long tail)
colony - auk ( a short winged seabird) , beavers, ant, badgers ( a mammal from weasel family) , bats,
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