Animals and their young ones (babies)

Do you know what the various baby animals are called? Cub, kitten, calf are fine, but there are many more out there. Here’s the list of baby animal names, which we continue to update. Find out what just about every baby animal is called.

Here’s the list in (Animal, Baby Name) format.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Aardvark: calf, cub
Addax calf
Agouti pup
Alligator hatchling
Alpaca cria
Anteater pup
Antelope calf
Ant antling
Ape baby
Armadillo pup
Aye-aye baby, infant

Baboon infant
Bat pup
Bear cub
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
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
Honey Badger kit, cub
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
Lemur baby, infant
Leopard cub
Llama cria
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