Did you know that a male fox was called a dog? Check out this list from Infoplease that includes names for baby animals and what male and female animals are commonly called. Impress your friends at trivia night with the knowledge that a male rabbit is called a buck!

Animal Male Female Young Ass Jack Jenny Foal Bear Boar Sow Cub Cat Tom Queen Kitten Cattle Bull Cow Calf Chicken Rooster Hen Chick Deer Buck Doe Fawn Dog Dog Bitch Pup Duck Drake Duck Duckling Elephant Bull Cow Calf Fox Dog Vixen Cub Goose Gander Goose Gosling Horse Stallion Mare Foal Lion Lion Lioness Cub Rabbit Buck Doe Bunny Sheep Ram Ewe Lamb Swan Cob Pen Cygnet Swine Boar Sow Piglet Tiger Tiger Tigress Cub Whale Bull Cow Calf Wolf Dog Bitch Pup

Source: James G. Doherty, general curator, The Wildlife Conservation Society.

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