Basic Animal Terminology

What is another term for a horse?

• Swine

• Bovine

• Equine

• Sheep

What is the correct term for a male deer, male goat and a male rabbit?

• Boar

• Bull

• Stallion

• Buck

What is the name of an intact male bovine?

• Stallion

• Barrow

• Bull

• Gelding

What is the name of a female pig who hasn't had a litter of piglets?

• Gilt

• Cow

• Ewe

• Filly

What is the name of a female bovine who has not had a calf?

• Mare

• Heifer

• Ewe

• Sow

What is another term for a pig/hog?

• Equine

• Bovine

• Swine

• Avian

Term used for an intact male pig

• Bull

• Gelding

• Buck

• Boar

The act of giving birth for a pig?

• Foaling

• Farrowing

• Filly

• Barrow

Term for a castrated male pig

• Barrow

• Mare

• Kid

• Steer

What is the term for a baby pig and a group of baby pigs?

• Piglet and herd

• kid and flock

• duckling and swarm

• Piglet and litter