In human society we use titles, names,or other definitions to identify certain figures, roles; like king or queen etc. woman, man, girl and boy in stead of awkwardly saying female human, male little human;
Humans also shared or assgined all kinds titles and names to the animal kingdoms. Like the head of the ant or bee family is the queen; Elephants, form matriarchal societies, the lead female is the Matriarch; so on so forth.
Here I list a few; please add if this has brought up your interest.
Let's started from deers, seems like the light-weighted deer like herbivores shared this appellation.
Female: antelope/deer/caribou(rain deer) is called doe, even the tiny hamster or mouse is a doe. remember the song "Do-Re-Mi" from the movie [The Sound of Music]? DO, a deer, a female deer? and the male counter part is called buck
Seems more heavy-built herbivore females carry the badge---cow! cattle/elephant/giraffe/camel/hippo etc. while there is an exception, a female crocodile is also a cow but an all type eater. The males are bull.
Dog: b*itch dog
Fox: vixen dog
b*itch and vixen are also used as insulting or defiant wording, exclusively for woman
leopard: leopardess, leopard
Lion: lioness, lion
tiger: tigeress tiger
chicken and some other birds: hen, cock
salmon: hen cock, this one sounds fancy for a fish
pig: sow, boar
zebra/horse: mare stallion
goose: goose gander
duck: duck/hen drake
wolf: b*itch / she-wolf dog
bear: sow / she-bear boar
