What are the names of baby animals?

Answer 1

a dog is a puppy (pup)

a cat is a kitten

a horse is a foal (male is colt, female is filly)

a goat is a kid

a cow is a calf

these are just the basic ones. There are many more.

Answer 2

Well, its because all animals are different. Some baby animals share the same names though, like how baby mice and baby dogs are both called "pups." It just depends on the animal, because if everyone just said "babies," we wouldn't have a good idea of what animal they were talking about, now would we?

Answer 3

Just to name a few animals and what their babies are called:

alligator - hatchling

alpaca - cria

antelope - calf

ape - baby

armadillo - pup

badger - kit, cub

bat - pup

bear - cub

beasts of prey - whelp

beaver - kit, pup

bee - larva

birds - fledgling, nestling, hatchling, chick

bison, buffalo - calf

boar - piglet, shoat, farrow

butterfly - caterpillar, larva, pupa, chrysalis

camel - calf

cat - kitten

cattle - calf

cheetah - cub

chicken - chick, pullet

clam - larva

cockroach - nymph

codfish - codling, sprat

cow - calf

coyote - pup, whelp

crane - chick

crow - chick

deer - fawn, yearling

dog - pup, puppy

dolphin - pup, calf

donkey - colt, foal

dove - squab, chick

duck - duckling

eagle - eaglet, fledgling

eel - elver

elephant - calf

elephant seal - weaner

emu - chick, hatching

falcon - chick

ferret - kit

fish - fry, fingerling

finch - chick

fly - maggot

fowl - chick, chicken

fox - cub, pup, kit

frog - polliwog, tadpole

gerbil - pup

giraffe - calf

gnat - larva

gnu - calf

goat - kid, billy

goose - gosling

gorilla - infant

grasshopper - nymph

grouse - cheeper

guinea pig - pup

guinea fowl - keet

gull - chick

hamster - pup

hare - leveret

hawk - eyas

hedgehog - piglet, pup

hen - pullet

heron - chick

hippopotamus - calf

hog - shoat, farrow

hornet - larva

horse - foa, yearling or colt (male), filly (female)

hound - pup

human - baby, infant, toddler

hummingbird - chick

hyena - cub

jay - chick

jellyfish - ephyna

kangaroo - joey

koala - joey

lark - chick

leopard - cub

lion - cub

Llama - cria

louse - nymph

magpie - chick

mallard - duckling

mole - pup

monkey - infant

moose - calf

mosquito - nymph, wriggler, tumbler

mouse - pup, pinkie, kitten

mule - foal

nightingale - chick

ostrich - chick

otter - whelp, pup

owl - owlet

ox - slot, calf

oyster - spat

panada - cub

parrot - chick

partridge - cheeper

peafowl - peachick

penguin - chick

pheasant - chick

pig - piglet, shoat, farrow, suckling

pigeon - squab, squeaker

platypus - puggle

porpoise - calf

prairie dog - pup

pronghorn - fawn

quail - cheeper, chick

rabbit - bunny, kit

raccon - cub

rat - pup

reindeer - calf

rhinoceros - calf

rooster - cockerel

salmon - parr, smolt, grilse

seal - pup

serval - kitten

shark - cub

sheep - lamb, lambkins

skunk - kit

snake - snakelet, hatchling

spider - spiderling

squirrel - pup, kit, kitten

swan - cygnet, flapper

termite - larva

tiger - cub, whelp

toad - tadpole

trout - fingerling

turkey - poult

turtle - hatchling

wallaby - joey

walrus - cub, pup

wasp - larva

weasel - kit

whale - calf

wolf - pup, whelp

wombat - joey

woodpecker - chick

wren - chick

yak - calf

yellow jacket - larva

zebra - foal

Answer 4

cubs pups kittens calf foal