However.... in English the female of certain large mammals like the seal is also called a cow.
The UN Nations who have signed the Antarctic treaty for land use include:
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Repulic, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, India, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic, Spain, South Africa, Sweden,Switzerland, the UK, the USA, Turkey, Uruguay, and the Ukraine.
| Afrikaans: ? | Bulgarian: ? | Chinese: |
Czech: samice | Danish: ko |
| Dutch: wijfje | English: Cow | Finnish: Naaras | Flemish: ? | French: La femelle du phoque |
| German: Die Kuh | Greek: θηλυκό θηλαστικών | Hindi: ? | Hiri Motu: ? | Hungarian: nőstény |
| Italian: La femmina de ... | Japanese: 雌 | Korean: 코끼리·고래 등의 암컷 | Norwegian: Hunn | Polish: samica |
| Portuguese: La fêmea ... | Romanian: la femelă ... | Romansh: ? | Russian: самка слона, кита | Slovak: krava, samica |
| Spanish: La hembra de foca | Swedish: ko | Tok Pisin: ? | Turkish: dişi | Ukranian: ? |
