collective nouns:
Antelope - herd, clan, tribe
Apes - finesse, the crew
Badgers - CETE, cologne
Cats (Wild) - destruction, DOUT DOWT,
Cheetah - coalition
Elephant - parade, herd
Giraffe - tower,, travel in the body, the group
Ricci - array, tingling
Hippo - raft, pod, swelling, the thunder, the school
Hyena - Clan
Impala - rank
Jackal - Creep
Leopard - leap Lepe
Lion - pride, Sault, sows
Monkeys -Intelligence, load, force, Troup
Mongoose - Business
Pigs (Wild) - sounder
Rhino - crash, stubbornness, herd
Wild Dogs - Pack
Wildebeest - implausibility, herd
Zebra - dazzle, zeal, cohort
Origin of name:
Aardvark Afrikaans word translation land in Guinea, such as the ears and nose are similar to those of a pig, and numerous caves.
Spoon Dog ears is said the largest bat Egyptian slit face
Blesbok Afrikaans word translation"Soon, Buck," referring to the white spot on her face
Bush Baby: lives in the "mountain" and its call sounds like a crying baby
Caracal: The name turkish Garah-Gulak, "meaning black ear, with reference to the black crested
Cheetah: Hindi word "Chita" meaning "discover"
Ducker: Afrikaans actually means "diving" for the loss of antelope
Eland: Dutch word for elk that is similar or related
Elephant: the Greek word"Elphas" and Latin "elephantus" for the species
Gemsbok: Dutch Suede word "pearl" that is, color
Genet: name of the region in Spain, this species lives in the 18th century
Giraffe: xirapha Arabic word meaning "one who goes fast"
Hartebeest: Afrikaans word "heart cow" with reference to translation, horn-shaped
Hippo: the greek "(H) Ippo" meaning horse and "pot-thalamus," meaning flowing river hippopotamus ñ
Ratel:Come on honey-rate French, the "Diggers", a word that means Excavators
Impala: Zulu name "Imphal and Tswana name" phala "for the species
Jackal: Persian name "Sagal" for the golden jackal
Klipspringer Afrikaans word "stone bridge" in translation, with reference to the action in rocky habitat near
Khoikhoi name for the species: Kudu
Leopard: the Greek words "Pardus" for Panther and "Leo" for lion, shortened leopardus Leopard
Leon: the Greek word "Lion" forSpecies
Mongoose: Indian name "Magnus" to the species
Nyala: Zulu name "iNxala" for the species
Pangolin: name of the Malaysian "Peng-Golinger" for species, which means "roll" their habit of rolling into a ball for protection
Porcupine: "porcus" sense of the greek and the "plug", that kind of pig, direct translation plugs Guinea "
Rhinoceros: "Rhis nose and the Greek word meaning" Kerasia "which means horn," horn "translation nose
Springboks: Afrikaansin terms of "return" in relation to their unique jumping action "pronking"
Warthog: These are the drivers or warts on the face
Zebra: Portuguese or Italian name of the species in the region of the Congo