Animal Crackers

I have four cats. I'm watching the Dog Whisperer on National Geographic Channel, which, if you have a dog, you absolutely must watch. He keeps referring to the "pack" with regard to the dog-dog and people-dog relationship and I began to wonder what a "pack" of cats is called.

I found my answer: Clowder. And this most enlightening list.

Apes	A shrewdness
Asses	A pace
Badgers	A cete
Bats	A colony
Bears	A sloth, sleuth
Buffalo	A gang, an obstinacy (I suspect these refer to old world buffalo; use "herd" for American bison)
Cats	A clowder, a pounce; for kittens...A kindle, litter, an intrigue
Cattle	A drove, herd
Deer	A herd, bevy (refers only to roe deer)
Dogs	A litter (young), pack (wild), cowardice (of curs); specific to hounds...A cry, mute, pack, kennel
Elephants	A herd
Elk	A gang
Ferrets	A business
Fox	A leash, skulk, earth
Giraffes	A tower
Goats	A tribe, trip
Gorillas	A band
Hippopotamuses	A bloat
Horses	A team, harras, rag (for colts), stud (a group of horses belonging to a single owner, string (ponies)
Hyenas	A cackle
Kangaroos	A troop
Leopards	A leap
Lions	A pride
Martens	A richness
Moles	A labor
Monkeys	A troop, barrel
Mules	A pack, span, barren
Otters	A romp
Oxen	A team, yoke
Pigs	A drift, drove, litter (young), sounder (of swine), team, passel (of hogs), singular (refers to a group of boars)
Porcupines	A prickle
Rabbits	A colony, warren, nest, herd (domestic only), litter (young); specific to hares...A down, husk
Rhinoceroses	A crash
Seals	A pod, herd
Sheep	A drove, flock, herd
Squirrels	A dray, scurry
Tigers	A streak
Whales	A pod, gam, herd
Wolves	A pack, rout or route (when in movement)

There's more, for birds and other animals here.

They really do call it a murder of crows! It's a convocation of eagles; and a parliament of owls!

And a plague of locusts. I swear to God! And here I always thought they meant plague...as in...you know...plague.

The Gunslinger