Physiology: Animal Function and Reproduction

Reproduction

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