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

Words by Alisa Opar

Features Editor, Audubon Magazine

Published July 12, 2010

Which animal’s 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 doesn’t have an official name. Some call it a puggle, others a platypup.