Average Life Spans of wild animals This chart is for wild animals in captivity or not killed by natural enemies or illnesses.

Bears - up to 20 years Bison - up to 12 years Deer family - 8 to 12 years Elk - 19 to 23 years Mountain Lion - 6 to 16 years Wolves - 9 to 12 years Rabbit - up to 8 years Bats - up to 5 years Rats, Mice - up to 2 years American Fish - 10 to 15 years

Snapping Turtles - up to 40 years Box Turtles - 35 to 40 years American Alligator - up to 40 years Poisonous Snakes - up to 13 years Most American Birds - 8 to 12 years Hummingbird - up to 5 years Sparrows, Blackbirds - up to 16 years Canada Goose - up to 30 years Crow, Vulture, Eagle, Raven - up to 40 years African Elephant, Crocodile - up to 50 years

Hippopotamus - up to 45 years Ostrich - up to 40 years Giraffe - up to 30 years Gorillas, Chimpanzees - up to 30 years Lion - 6 to 10 years Asian Elephant - up to 70 years Indian Rhino - up to 45 years Tiger - up to 19 years Seals - up to 30 years Whales - up to 40 years

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Animal Baby Terminology In general, animal babies are referred to as "young", "youngling", "younglet" or "offspring".

Alpaca - cria, tui Antelope - calf Ass, Burro, Donkey - foal Bear - cub Beasts of prey - whelp Beaver - kit Birds - fledgling, nestling Cat - pussy, kit, kitten, catling Codfish - codling, sprat Cow - calf Deer - fawn, yearling Dog - pup, puppy, whelp Duck - duckling Eagle - eaglet Eel - elver Elephant - calf Elephant Seal - weaner

Ferret - kit Fish (general) - fry Fowl (domestic) - chick, chicken Fowl (wild) - flapper Fox - cub, pup Frog - polliwog, tadpole Goat - kid Goose - gosling, grouse, cheeper Grouse - cheeper Guinea Fowl - keet Hawk - eyas Hen - pullet Hippopotomus - calf Horse - foal, yearling, colt (m), filly (f) Kangaroo - joey Lion - cub Llama - cria

Mackerel - blinker, tinker, spike Owl - owlet Partridge - cheeper Pig - piglet, shoat, farrow, suckling Pigeon - squab, squeaker Quail - cheeper Rabbit - bunny, kit, kitten Rat - pup Rhinocerus - calf Rooster - cockerel Salmon - parr, smolt, grilse Seal, Sealion - signet, pup Sheep - lamb Swan - signet Turkey - hatchling, keet

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Sounds Animals Make

Apes - gibber Asses - bray Beetles - drone Birds - sing Blackbirds - whistle Bulls - bellow Calves - bleat, bawl Cats - meow, mew, purr, caterwal, swear Chickens - cluck, peep, cackle Cocks - crow Cows - moo, low, bawl Crows - caw Cukoos - cuckoo Deer - bell Dogs - bark, basy, howl, yelp, snarl, woof, arf Dolphin - click Doves - coo, moan Ducks - quack Eagles - scream Elephants - trumpet Falcons - chant Flies - buzz

Foxes - bark, yelp Frogs - croak Geese - cackle, hiss, honk Giraffes - bleat, grunt Grasshoppers - chirp, pitter Grouse - drum Guinea Fowl - cry Guinea Pigs, Cavy - squeak, whistle Gulls - squawk Hares - squeak Hawks - scream Hippopotami - bray, snort Horses - neigh, whinny Hyenas - laugh Jays - chatter Kittens - mew Lions - roar, growl Loons - howl Magpies - chatter Mice - squeak, squeal Monkeys - chatter, gibber Nightingales - pipe, warble, jug-jug

Owls - hoot, screech, wail Oxen - low, bellow Parrots - talk Peacocks - scream Penguin babies - bleat Pigeons - coo Pigs - grunt, squeal, squeak Ravens - croak Racoons - chatter Rhinoceroses - snort, grunt, growl, whistle Sandpipers - pipe, whistle Sheep - baa, bleat Snakes - hiss Sparrows - chirp Stags - bellow, call Swallows - titter Swans - crey, hiss, grunt, bark Thrushes - whistle Tigers - roar, growl Tortoises - grunt Turkeys - gobble Wolves - howl

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Small Animal Vital Statistics

Animal

Average Life Span

Adult Body Weight

Weaning Age

Age at 1st Breeding

Length of Heat Cycle

Gestation Period

Average Litter Size

Hamster

2-3 years

3-4 ounces

3 weeks

6-10 weeks

4 days

16 days

5-10 babies

Guinea Pig

3-4 years

1-1.5 pounds

2-3 weeks

3-7 months

16 days

63-68 days

3-4 babies

Mouse

2-3 years

1 ounce

3-4 weeks

4-6 weeks

4-5 days

19-21 days

10-12 babies

Rat

3-4 years

1 pound

3 weeks

7-8 weeks

4-5 days

21-23 days

6-12 babies

Rabbit

5-10 years

2-25 pounds (depending on the breed)

4-6 weeks

5-9 months

ovulate when bred

29-35 days

4-10 babies

Gerbil

2-3 years

3-4 ounces

3-4 weeks

9-12 weeks

4-6 days

25 days

2-9 babies

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When There's A Group Of Them they are referred to by a Collective Noun.

Antelopes - herd Ants - colony, swarm, army Apes - shrewdness Asses - herd, pace Bacteria - culture Badgers - cete Bass - shoal Bears - sleuth, sloth Beavers - colony Bees - swarm, grist, hive Boars - sounder Buffalos - herd Bucks - clash, brace Caterpillars - army Cats - clowder, clutter Kittens - kindle, litter Cattle - herd, drove, kine Guinea Pigs, Cavies - herd Chickens - brood, peep Chicks - clutch, chattering Clams - bed Cobras - quiver Colts - rag Coots - cover Coyotes - band Cranes - herd, sedge, siege Crocodiles - float Crows - murder Cubs - litter Curs - cowardice Deer - herd Dogs - pack Dolphins - pod Doves - dule Ducks - paddling, team Eggs - clutch Elephants - herd

Birds - flock, congregation, volary, dissimulation Elephant Seals - pod Elk - gang Emus - mob Ferrets - business, fesnyng Finches - charm Fish - school, shoal, run, haul, catch, drought Flies - swarm Foxes - skulk, leash Frogs - army, colony Geese - gaggle / In Flight - skein Gnats - swarm, cloud, horde Goats - herd, tribe, trip Gorillas - band Greyhounds - leash Hares - down, husk Hawks - cast, kettle Hens - brood Herons - hedge, seige, sedge Hogs - sounder, drift, passel, parcel Piglets - litter Horses - horras Hounds - pack, mute, cry Jackrabbits - husk Jellyfish - smack Kangaroos - troop, mob Larks - ascension, exaultation Leopards - leap, leep Lions - pride Locusts - plague Magpies - tiding Mallards - sord Mares - stud Martens - richness Moles - labor Monkies - troup Mules - barren

Nightingales - wath Oxen - yoke, drove, team, herd Partrige - covey Peacocks - muster, ostentation Pheasants - nide, nye, bouquet Pigeons - flock, flight Ponies - string Porpoises - herd, pod Quail - covey, bevy Rabbits - herd Bunnies - nest, litter Rats - pack, swarm Rattlesnakes - rhumba Ravens - unkindness Rhinocerus - crash Seals, Sealions - herd, pod Sheep - flock Snakes - nest Snipes - walk, wisp Sparrows - host Squirrels - dray Starlings - murmuration Storks - mustering Swallows - flight Swans - herd, bevy, lamentation, wedge Toads - knot Trout - hover Turkeys - raft, rafter Turtledoves - pitying, dule Turtles - bale Walruses - pod Whales - school, gam, pod Wolves - pack, route, herd Woodcocks - fall Woodpeckers - descent