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