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