Physiology: Animal Function and ReproductionReproduction |
What names are used for juvenile animals? |
Along with the names for adult animals—male and female—the young animals also have names. The following lists some of the animal names for their young:
Animal |
Name for Young |
Ant |
Antling |
Antelope |
Calf, fawn, kid, or yearling |
Bear |
Cub |
Beaver |
Kit or kitten |
Bird |
Nestling |
Bobcat |
Kitten or cub |
Buffalo |
Calf, yearling, or spike-bull |
Camel |
Calf or colt |
Canary |
Chick |
Caribou |
Calf or fawn |
Cat |
Kit, kitling, kitty, or pussy |
Chicken |
Chick, chicken, poult, cockerel, or pullet |
Chimpanzee |
Infant |
Cicada |
Nymph |
Clam |
Littleneck |
Cod |
Codling, scrod, or sprag |
Condor |
Chick |
Cougar |
Kitten or cub |
Cow |
Calf (m. bullcalf; f. heifer) |
Coyote |
Cub, pup, or puppy |
Deer |
Fawn |
Dog |
Whelp |
Dove |
Pigeon or squab |
Duck |
Duckling or flapper |
Eagle |
Eaglet |
Eel |
Fry or elver |
Elephant |
Calf |
Elk |
Calf |
Fish |
Fry, fingerling, minnow, or spawn |
Fly |
Grub or maggot |
Frog |
Polliwog or tadpole |
Giraffe |
Calf |
Goat |
Kid |
Goose |
Gosling |
Grouse |
Chick, poult, squealer, or cheeper |
Horse |
Colt, foal, stot, stag, filly, hog-colt, youngster, yearling, or hogget |
Kangaroo |
Joey |
Leopard |
Cub |
Lion |
Shelp, cub, or lionet |
Louse |
Nit |
Mink |
Kit or cub |
Monkey |
Suckling, yearling, or infant |
Mosquito |
Larva, flapper, wriggler, or wiggler |
Muskrat |
Kit |
Ostrich |
Chick |
Otter |
Pup, kitten, whelp, or cub |
Owl |
Owlet or howlet |
Oyster |
Set seed, spat, or brood |
Partridge |
Cheeper |
Pelican |
Chick or nestling |
Penguin |
Fledgling or chick |
Pheasant |
Chick or poult |
Pigeon |
Squab, nestling, or squealer |
Quail |
Cheeper, chick, or squealer |
Rabbit |
Kitten or bunny |
Raccoon |
Kit or cub |
Reindeer |
Fawn |
Rhinoceros |
Calf |
Sea Lion |
Pup |
Seal |
Whelp, pup, cub, or bachelor |
Shark |
Cub |
Sheep |
Lamb, lambkin, shearling, or yearling |
Skunk |
Kitten |
Squirrel |
Dray |
Swan |
Cygnet |
Swine |
Shoat, trotter, pig, or piglet |
Termite |
Nymph |
Tiger |
Whelp or cub |
Toad |
Tadpole |
Turkey |
Chick or poult |
Turtle |
Chicken |
Walrus |
Cub |
Weasel |
Kit |
Whale |
Calf |
Wolf |
Cub or pup |
Woodchuck |
Kit or cub |
Zebra |
Colt or foal |