On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: 7 swans a-swimming. (♪ And with luck an avi-a-ry. ♪)
In honor of all of the animals I seem to be gathering, today I am presenting you with a selection of animals and the corresponding names of the male, female, and baby of each species. For a more complete list, check out the Enchanted Learning web page.
| Animal | Male | Female | Baby |
| alligator | bull | cow | hatchling |
| armadillo | male | female | pup |
| badger | boar | sow | kit, cub |
| bee | drone | queen, worker | larva |
| boar | boar | sow | piglet, shoat, farrow |
| cat | tomcat | queen | kitten |
| cattle | bull | cow | calf, dogie (a motherless calf) |
| dolphin | bull | cow | pup, calf |
| donkey | jack, jackass | jennet, jenny | colt, foal |
| elephant | bull | cow | calf |
| elk | bull | cow | calf |
| falcon | tercel, terzel | falcon | chick |
| ferret | hob | jill | kit |
| fox | reynard, dog, dog fox, or tod | vixen | kit, cub, pup |
| gerbil | buck | doe | pup |
| goat | buck, billy | doe, nanny | kid, billy |
| goose | gander | goose | gosling |
| guinea pig | boar | sow | pup |
| hamster | buck | doe | pup |
| hare | buck | doe | leveret |
| horse | stallion, stud | mare, dam | foal, colt (male), filly (female) |
| jay | cock | hen | chick |
| kangaroo | buck, boomer, jack | doe, flyer, jill, roo | joey |
| koala | male | female | joey |
| leopard | leopard | leopardess | cub |
| lion | lion | lioness | cub |
| mallard | drake | duck | duckling |
| monkey | male | female | infant |
| mosquito | male | female | nymph, wriggler, tumbler |
| mouse | buck | doe | pup, pinkie, kitten |
| mule | jack | hinney | foal |
| opossum | jack | jill | joey |
| panda | boar | sow | cub |
| peafowl | peacock | peahen | peachick |
| quail | cock | hen | chick |
| rabbit | buck | doe | kitten, bunny, kit |
| raccoon | boar | sow | cub |
| sand dollar | male | female | larva, pluteus (free-swimming stage), juvenile (young urchin) |
| sheep | buck, ram | ewe, dam | lamb, lambkin, cosset |
| spider | male | female | spiderling |
| toad | male | female | tadpole |
| wallaby | jack | jill | joey |
| weasel | dog, buck, Jack, hob | bitch, doe, Jill | kit |
| whale | bull | cow | calf |
| yak | bull | cow | calf |
| zebra | stallion | mare | colt, foal |
Kara Church
Senior Technical Editor
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