Baby Animal Names

Ever wondered what your favorite baby animal is called? Well now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

Animal	Baby Name
Alligator	hatchling
Alpaca	cria
Ant	antling
Antelope	calf
Ape	baby
Armadillo	pup
Badger	kit, cub
Bat	pup
Bear	cub
Beaver	pup, kitten
Bee	larva
Bird	hatchling, chick
Bison, Buffalo	calf
Boar	piglet, shoat, farrow
Bobcat	kitten or cub
Butterfly	caterpillar, larva, pupa, chrysalis
Camel	calf
Caribou	calf or fawn
Cat	kitten
Cattle	calf
Cheetah	cub
Chicken	chick, pullet (young hen), cockrell (young rooster)
Cicada	nymph
Clam	larva
Cockroach	nymph
Codfish	codling, hake, sprag, sprat
Coyote	pup, whelp
Crane	chick
Crocodile	hatchling
Crow	chick
Deer	fawn
Dinosaur	hatchling, juvenile
Dog	pup
Dolphin	pup, calf
Donkey	colt, foal
Dove	squab, chick
Duck	duckling
Eagle	fledgling, eaglet
Echidna	puggle
Eel	leptocephalus (larva), elver (juvenile)
Elephant	calf
Elk	calf
Emu	chick, hatchling
Falcon	chick
Ferret	kit
Finch	chick
Fish	fry, fingerling
Fly	maggot
Fox	kit, cub, pup
Frog	tadpole, polliwog, froglet
Gerbil	pup
Giraffe	calf
Gnat	larva
Gnu	calf
Goat	kid, billy
Goose	gosling
Gorilla	infant
Grasshopper	nymph
Grouse	chick, poult, squealer or cheeper
Guinea pig	pig, pup
Gull	chick
Hamster	pup
Hare	leveret
Hawk	eyas
Hedgehog	piglet, pup
Heron	chick
Hippopotamus	calf
Hog	shoat, farrow
Hornet	larva
Horse	foal, colt (m), filly (f), stat, stag, hog-colt, youngster, yearling or hogget
Hound	pup
Human	baby, infant, toddler
Hummingbird	chick
Hyena	cub
Jay	chick
Jellyfish	ephyna
Kangaroo	joey
Koala	joey
Lark	chick
Leopard	cub
Llama	cub
Louse	nit, nymph
Magpie	chick
Mallard	duckling
Manatee	calf
Mole	pup
Monkey	infant
Moose	calf
Mosquito	nymph, wriggler, tumbler
Mouse	pup, pinkie, kitten
Mule	foal
Muskrat	kit
Nightingale	chick
Opossum	joey
Ostrich	chick
Otter	whelp, pup
Owl	owlet, fledgling
Ox	stot, calf
Oyster	spat
Panda	cub
Parrot	chick
Partridge	cheeper
Peacock	peachick
Penguin	chick
Pheasant	chick
Pig	piglet, shoat, farrow
Pigeon	squab, squeaker
Platypus	puggle
Porcupine	porcupette
Porpoise	calf
Possum	joey
Prairie dog	pup
Pronghorn	fawn
Quail	chick
Rabbit	kitten, bunny, kit
Raccoon	cub
Rat	pup, pinkie, kitten
Reindeer	calf
Rhinoceros	calf
Sand Dollar	larva, pluteus, juvenile
Sea Urchin	larva, pluteus, juvenile
Seal	pup
Serval	kitten
Shark	pup
Sheep	lamb, lambkin, cosset
Skunk	kit
Snake	snakelet, neonate, hatchling snake
Spider	spiderling
Squirrel	pup, kit, kitten
Swan	cygnet, flapper
Termite	larva
Tiger	cub, whelp
Toad	tadpole
Trout	fry, fingerling
Turkey	poult
Turtle	hatchling
Wallaby	joey
Walrus	cub, pup
Wasp	larva
Weasel	kit
Whale	calf
Wolf	pup, whelp
Wombat	joey
Woodchuck	kit, cub
Woodpecker	chick
Wren	chick
Yak	calf
Yellow Jacket	larva
Zebra	colt, foal