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African Safari Wildlife Group Names and Name Origins

African Safari Wildlife Group Names and Name Origins

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, college

Hyaena – clan

Impala – rank

Jackal – skulk

Leopard – leap, lepe

Lion – pride, sault, sowse

Monkeys – shrewdness, cartload, troop, troup

Mongoose – business

Pigs (Wild) – sounder

Rhino – crash, stubbornness, herd

Wild Pet – pack

Wildebeest – implausibility, herd

Zebra – dazzle, zeal, cohort

Identify Origins:

Aardvark: Afrikaans phrase translation “earth pig” as ears and nose resemble all those of a pig, also burrows a great deal.

Bat-eared fox: Refers to the large ears resembling all those of egyptian slit-confronted bat

Blesbok: Afrikaans term translation “bald buck” referring to the white blaze on the face

Bushbaby: Life in the “bush” and their contact sounds like that of a crying toddler

Caracal: From the Turkish title “garah-gulak” which means black ear, with reference to the black ear tufts

Cheetah: Hindu phrase “chita” this means “noticed just one”

Duiker: Afrikaans indicating “diver” from the motion of the antelope when working away

Eland: Dutch word for elk, considered to be linked or comparable

Elephant: Greek phrase “elphas” and latin phrase “elephantus” for the species

Gemsbok: Dutch term “gems” that means chamois in reference to colour

Genet: Name of place in Spain the species inhabited in the 18th century

Giraffe: Arabic word “xirapha” which means “a single who walks swiftly”

Hartebeest: Afrikaans term translation “heart cow” with reference to the condition of the horns

Hippopotamus: Greek “(h)ippo” indicating horse, and “pot-amus” meaning flowing river ñ a river horse

Honey Badger: Eats honey, badger from French word “becheur” that means digger

Impala: Zulu identify “imphala” and Tswana identify “phala” for the species

Jackal: Persian title “sagal” for the golden jackal

Klipspringer: Afrikaans term translation “stone jumper” with reference to the bounding motion in rocky habitat

Kudu: Khoikhoi title for the species

Leopard: Greek words and phrases “pardus” for panther and “leo” for lion, shortened to leopard from leopardus

Lion: Greek term “leon” for the species

Mongoose: Indian title “mangus” for the species

Nyala: Zulu name “iNxala” for the species

Pangolin: Malay title for “peng-goling” for the species, which usually means “the roller” from their routine of rolling into a ball for security

Porcupine: Greek term “porcus” that means pig and “spina” meaning species, immediate translation “spined pig”

Rhinoceros: Greek phrase “rhis” this means nose and “keras” that means horn, immediate translation “nose horn”

Springbok: Afrikaans that means “jumping again” in reference to their exceptional jumping motion named “pronking”

Warthog: Refers to the outgrowths or warts on the facial area

Zebra: Portuguese or Italian identify of the species in the Congo location