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Homes of animals meet the need to protect them from cold, heat, rain, and the attack of enemies. The essential requirement for living objects is shelter, and we name it home. There are different names for the homes of various animals and birds.

In this part, we will see the names of the homes of animals.

Animal Home Names

In this topic, we will see the names of animal shelters.

Do you know?

The horse’s home name is ‘stable.’
The rabbit’s home name is ‘burrow.’
The sheep home name is ‘fold.’
The lion’s home name is the ‘den.’
The spider’s home name is ‘web.’
The duck’s home name is ‘water.’
The monkey’s home name is ‘tree.’

The home of the-

pig is called a sty,
dog is called a kennel,
cat is called a cattery.

Where do animals live?

A cow lives in a shed. That is, a cow home is called a shed.
Cows and sheep live in pens. (Pen is the enclosed area surrounding a shed.)
The shelter’s name of hen is coop. Chicken lives in the coop.

Names for Animals and Their Homes

Here is a list of animals and their homes. That is the name of the animal shelter.

Have a look-

	Animal	Home
1.	Alligator	nest
2.	Ant	hill
3.	Aardvark	burrow, den
4.	Ape	logging, nest
5.	Armadillo	burrow
6.	Badger	hole, sett
7.	Bear	den, cave, large forest
8.	Bee	beehive
9.	Beetle	land (tunnel)
10.	Buffalo	barn, byre, pasture, stable
11.	Camel	desert
12.	Cat	cattery, lair, den
13.	Cattle	barn, byre, pasture, stable
14.	Cheetah	safari, savanna
15.	Bull	cattle shed
16.	Cat	cage
17.	Chicken	coop
18.	Chimpanzee	tree
19.	Cockroach	homes, sewers, privies
20.	Cow	shed, pen
21.	Crocodile	nest
22.	Deer	grasslands
23.	Dog	kennel
24.	Dolphin	dolphinarium
25.	Donkey	stable, barn, shed
26.	Elephant	jungle, dip-wad, nest
27.	Ferret	cage
28.	Fish	water aquarium, vivary, pond
29.	Fly	cracks, crevasse
30.	Fox	burrow, hole, lair
31.	Frog	froggery, ranarium
32.	Gerbil	gerbilarium
33.	Giraffe	safari
34.	Goat	locker, pen
35.	Gorilla	nest
36.	Grasshopper	grassland
37.	Grouse	nest
38.	Guinea Pig	hutch, cage
39.	Hamster	cage
40.	Hare	farm
41.	Hippopotamus	river banks
42.	Hornet	hive
43.	Horse	stable
44.	Hyena	den
45.	Kangaroo	hollow tree
46.	Koala	tree
47.	Leopard	safari, savanna
48.	Lion	den
49.	Llama	hut
50.	Mole	burrow, fortress, tunnel
51.	Man	house
52.	Monkey	tree
53.	Moose	moosey land
54.	Mouse	hole
55.	Otter	hole, couch, holt, lodge
56.	Panda	bamboo tree
57.	Penguin	penguinery
58.	Pig	cote, pen, sty
59.	Polar bear	hole, burrow
60.	Porcupine	burrow, hollow trunk
61.	Porpoise	sea, aquarium
62.	Possum	tree, forest
63.	Rabbit	burrow
64.	Raccoon	den, burrow
65.	Rat	nest, hole
66.	Rhinoceros	savannah, wallow
67.	Rook	rookery
68.	Sealion	nest
69.	Shark	sea
70.	Sheep	fold, pen
71.	Snail	shell
72.	Snake	burrow, ophidarium, snakery
73.	Spider	web
74.	Squirrel	dray
75.	Termite	termitarium, mound
76.	Tiger	lair
77.	Turtle	sea
78.	Viper	hole, burrow
79.	Wallaby	hollow tree
80.	Whale	whalery
81.	Wolf	lair, den
82.	Wombat	burrow
83.	Yak	hill, mountain, barn
84.	Zebra	jungle, safari, veldts

People frequently ask about the home of animals. There are some questions we discussed on this topic.

Let’s discuss them one by one.

Coop is the home of which animal?

A coop is an enclosed small area. Generally, poultry animals are kept in the coop.

It is a shelter for various types of poultry animals. It protects the animals from predators that can attack extreme weather conditions.

We can say-

A coop is a small house of poultry animals.
Coops are in gardens, fields, and also homes.
Generally, hens, chickens, and cocks are poultry animals.
The hen is the animal that lives in a coop to lay eggs as well as to eat.

So, a coop is the home of hens, chickens, and cocks.

Also read: Houses of horse, rabbit, cat, lion, and pig

Pen is the home of which animal?

Pen is an outdoor small, enclosed structure to keep animals. The pen is for those animals or cattle we cannot keep indoors. Pen is a shelter of animals. It prevents animals from harsh weather, such as hot weather, rain and cold. In this structure, animals are kept so they can’t go away or get lost.

Pen holds a large number of cattle.
Sheep, cows, and cattle live in pens.

So, the pen is the home of sheep, cows, and cattle that a farmer keeps.

Kennel is the home of which animal?

A kennel is a small house made for dogs. This house is a hut-like shelter. It protects dogs from harsh weather like rain and hot or cold conditions. Dogs sleep in a kennel.

Kennel is a place used to train or breed. Kennel is a place where dogs are looked after when their owners are away from home. A kennel is also called a doghouse.

A kennel is a structure made of any material. The most popular material to make kennel is canvas and wood.

So, a kennel is the home of a dog.

Sty is the home of which animal?

The shelter is a basic need of any animal. Home is the shelter for animals. The sty is also a home. Pigs are kept in a sty.

Sty is an outdoor home to keep pigs. Pigs are raised in a sty on farms.

Pigs need water or mud to keep themselves cool. So sty is a fenced muddy place.

So, the sty is the home of pigs.

The web is the home of which animal?

The web is a type of shelter. Shelter is an essential requirement for animals. Each animal finds its shelter in a particular place. Some homes for animals are easy to make, but some are complex. The structure of animal homes is various types. It depends on the animal, its survival needs, and its environment.

Animals’ homes protect them from predators, but some animals are predators.

We see webs in our homes, and this is because a spider spins a network to live. All spiders are predators, so one more reason to spin a web to catch insects. It becomes a trap for the insects.

Spider web acts as a shelter for spiders and fulfilment of their food requirement.

So, the web is the home of a spider.

Hive is the home of which animal?

Each animal feels safe and comfortable living in their space. They rest in their home. Animals make their homes. Some are simple, and some are complex in structure.

Hive is the complex structure of a home.

Bees, wasps, and yellow jackets make the hive to live in. The wax is made inside the body of these insects. These insects use this wax to build their shelter, named a hive.

A large number of wasps, bees and yellow jackets live together in these hives.

So, a hive is the home of bees, wasps, and yellow jackets.

Burrow is the home of which animal?

Burrow is the underground home of animals. Some animals which prefer to live underground take shelter in burrows.

They dig into the ground to create space and make their home.

Some burrow structure is simple, with just one underground hole for entry and exit.

But some burrow structure is complex. It has multiple rooms, exits and entrances. It may be hundreds and thousands of meters in length.

They use it to protect themselves against predators, store food, keep warm, nest, and hibernate.

Rodents such as rats, rabbits, mice, moles, and bilby are well known to burrow underground.
Insects such as termites, Cicadas and mouse spiders also make burrows.
Wild rabbits live in areas where they can dig holes.
Rats create burrows and live inside them.

Different classes of animals, including amphibians, mammals, birds, insects, reptiles, and rodents, live in a burrow.

So, the burrow is the home of aardvarks, burrowing owls, red foxes, badgers, mongoose, shrews, ants, chipmunks, cicadas, gerbils, Jerboas, tarantulas, ferrets, slow worms, earthworms, rats, rabbits, mice, moles, bilby, wild rabbit.