Wildlife Quiz: What Do You Call a Baby Spider, Pigeon, or Elephant? 20 Animals’ Young

By Alisa Opar
Features Editor, 约炮视频 Magazine
Published July 12, 2010

Which animal鈥檚 young ones are called squabs? How about fry? Test your wildlife IQ below and name the the babies of these creatures.

 
1. Alligator
2. Bear
3. Beaver
4. Deer
5. Duck
6. Eagle
7. Eel
8. Elephant
9. Fish
10. Giraffe
11: Hawk
12. Horse
13. Kangaroo
14. Lion
15. Monkey
16. Owl
17. Pigeon
18. Platypus
19. Skunk
20. Spider
21. Swan
 
Scroll down for the answers.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Alligator: hatchling
2. Bear: cub
3. Beaver: kit
4. Deer: fawn
5. Duck: duckling
6. Eagle: eaglet
7. Eel: elver
8. Elephant: calf
9. Fish: fry
10. Giraffe: calf
11: Hawk: eyas
12. Horse: foal (colt for male; filly for female)
13. Kangaroo: joey
14. Lion: cub
15. Monkey: infant
16. Owl: owlet
17. Pigeon: squab
18: Platypus: platypup*
19. Skunk: kit
20. Spider: spiderling
21. Swan: cygnet
 
*Ok, this one is a bit of a trick question. Apparently, the baby platypus . Some call it a.