Baby Animal Names: A Complete List of Common Terms

A baby “Addax” is called a “calf.”

A baby “Agouti” is called a “pup.”

A baby “Alligator” is called a “hatchling.”

A baby “Alpaca” is called a “cria.”

A baby “Anteater” is called a “pup.”

A baby “Antelope” is called a “calf.”

A baby “Ant” is called an “antling.”

A baby “Ape” is called a “baby.”

A baby “Armadillo” is called a “pup.”

A baby “Aye-aye” is called a “baby” or “infant.”

A baby “Baboon” is called an “infant.”

A baby “Bat” is called a “pup.”

A baby “Bear” is called a “cub.”

A baby “Bee” is called a “larva.”

A baby “Beluga” is called a “calf.”

A baby “Binturong” or “Bearcat” is called a “pup” or “kitten.”

A baby “Bird” is called a “hatchling” or “chick.”

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