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1 What is the term for a baby horse?
Answer: Foal

A foal is a horse which is no older than one. A male foal could also be called a colt while a female foal could also be called a filly.
  From Quiz: Baby Animal Trivia
2 Simba is a very famous lion. He and his family live in what sort of a group?
Answer: Pride

A pride of lions is often made up of one grown male, like Mufasa, many females, like Sarabi, and the young lions, like Simba and Nala.
  From Quiz: One Fish, Two Fish
3 What is a male donkey called?
Answer: Jack

The male donkey is called either a jack or jackass. The female is called a jenny and their babies are called foals. These lovely animals with velvet noses and dark brown eyes were made famous by the 2001 animated film "Shrek".
  From Quiz: You Gotta Have Hart
4 Baby chickens are called chicks and males are called roosters, but what are female chickens called?
Answer: Hens

Young hens that are less than a year old can also be called pullets. Though chickens lay one egg at a time, they will usually wait until they have several eggs before they sit on them to incubate them (heat them up to make them hatch).
  From Quiz: Mammas of the Animal World
5 What is a baby alpaca?
Answer: Cria

Alpacas look somewhat like llamas, but unlike the llama, they are not beasts of burden but are bred for their fleece. These hardy little animals can be found in South America. When they're unshorn, they each look like a fluffy adorable ball crossed between a panda and a large dog. If shorn however, they tend to bear a resemblance to intoxicated sheep.
  From Quiz: Offspring of Animals
6 What is a name for a bunch of puppy dogs? (It sounds like rubbish to me.)
Answer: Litter

A group of adult dogs is usually called a pack. They can even be called a kennel.
  From Quiz: Bunches of Baby Animals
7 What do you call a baby koala?
Answer: Joey

Koalas live in gum trees and eat the leaves of the trees. They are also not really bears.
  From Quiz: Who's the Cute Critter?
8 What is a male goose called?
Answer: gander

Male: gander
Female: goose
Baby: gosling

Goose is the female. Gaggle is a group of geese on the ground. Fae is a female wolf.
  From Quiz: Animal Names
9 What is a female deer called?
Answer: doe

A buck is the male deer. A heifer is a young female cow and a vixen is a female fox.
  From Quiz: Animal Parents
10 What is a baby cat?
Answer: Kitten
  From Quiz: Names Of Animal Babies
11 What is the name for a group of sheep?
Answer: flock
  From Quiz: Easy Animal Groups
12 What would be the correct name for a baby bear?
Answer: Cub

There are various species of bears all around the world. A few of these include the grizzly, kodiak, sun and polar bear.
  From Quiz: Baby Animal Trivia
13 Lots of people don't like sharks, but if you saw a group of them, what would you call it?
Answer: Shiver

A shiver of sharks is rather appropriate, if you ask me! The Great White Shark is what many people imagine when they think of sharks. Unfortunately, no zoo or aquarium is able to have one around for long, so unless you go to the ocean, you probably won't ever see one in person!
  From Quiz: Which Group Is Mine?
14 Walking through the park one day, you see a big group of ducks flying toward the pond. What would you call this group?
Answer: Flock

Many parks have places where you can buy food to give to the birds that live there.
  From Quiz: One Fish, Two Fish
15 What is a male bear known as?
Answer: Boar

A male bear is called a boar. The female is called a sow and their babies are called cubs. These animals are very dangerous in the wild. Depending on what type of bear they are, they can live in Asia, North America, South America, Africa, Europe and around the Arctic Sea.
  From Quiz: You Gotta Have Hart
16 Can you name a baby ape?
Answer: Baby

Apes belong to the hominoid family of animals. The two branches of this family include gibbons, siamangs, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, and, as science would have it and if you believe you're descended from one, humans as well.
  From Quiz: Offspring of Animals
17 What is the name for a bunch of baby chickens or chicks? (It almost sounds like I can grab it.)
Answer: Clutch

They can also be called a chattering. Older chickens are called a brood or a peep.
  From Quiz: Bunches of Baby Animals
18 This is a water animal. What do you call baby sharks?
Answer: Pups

Baby sharks are called pups. Female sharks can sometimes be bigger than males. The whale shark is the biggest fish in the ocean.
  From Quiz: Who's the Cute Critter?
19 What is a female fox called?
Answer: vixen

Male: reynard, dog, fox or tod
Female: vixen
Baby: kit, cub, pup

Hob is a male ferret. Leveret is a baby hare. Foxtrot is a dance.
  From Quiz: Animal Names
20 What is a female peacock known as?
Answer: peahen

A pen is a female swan. A fledgling is a young bird.
  From Quiz: Animal Parents
21 What is the name of a baby swan?
Answer: Cygnet
  From Quiz: Names Of Animal Babies
22 What is the name for a group of wolves?
Answer: pack

A pack of wolves in movement is known as a rout.
  From Quiz: Easy Animal Groups
23 What is the name for the young of an eel?
Answer: Elver

Eels look very much like snakes but are actually a type of fish with a longer body, which can be anything up to 13ft in length. Jellied eels were a favourite of Londoners, particularly the East End, during and after the Second World War but the popularity of this food has declined in recent years.
  From Quiz: Baby Animal Trivia
24 Flamingos are funny-looking birds that many zoos have, but what do you actually call a group of them?
Answer: Stand

Yes, a group of flamingos is called a stand! It makes sense if you think about it, since every time I visit them at the zoo, most of them seem to be standing on one leg. They get that bright pink color of theirs from the food that they eat - chicks are born without it!
  From Quiz: Which Group Is Mine?
25 Nemo is a cartoon fish that goes on an adventure he doesn't want to be on. His father bravely leaves their group to rescue little Nemo. What is a group of fish called?
Answer: School

Many fish that live near reefs, like Nemo and his dad do, have very bright colors.
  From Quiz: One Fish, Two Fish
26 What is a male fox sometimes known as?
Answer: Dog

A male fox is called a dog, but they can also be called tod and reynard. The female is called a vixen and their babies are called cubs, kits or pups. The most common type of fox is the red fox. They have a long bushy tails which can help with their balance, and to wrap around their bodies to keep warm when they are sleeping.
  From Quiz: You Gotta Have Hart
27 Male deer have several names, including buck, stag, and hart, but what is another name for a female deer?
Answer: Doe

Does are sometimes referred to as hinds, and baby deer are called calfs or fawns. Does will usually have one or two fawns at a time and they will care for the young deer without the help of the bucks.
  From Quiz: Mammas of the Animal World
28 What is the name of a baby armadillo?
Answer: Pup

Armadillos have a leathery outer skin that looks a little like chain mail armour, and the Spanish word for these creatures actually translates to "little armoured ones". They come in several sizes and can be found in America from Florida to Nebraska. Their diet is made up of mostly insects, grubs, ants and termites. Question: Is a very foolish armadillo called an armadill?
  From Quiz: Offspring of Animals
29 G'day mate, welcome to Australia. Here we see the marsupial known as the kangaroo. A male kangaroo is a buck, a baby kangaroo is a joey and a female kangaroo is known as a what?
Answer: Doe

The kangaroo is native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. They have a very distinctive look and can be seen using their powerful hind legs to bound and leap around the outback of Australia. Did you know that a kangaroo can reach speeds of up to 70 kph?
  From Quiz: Cowboys? I Thought Cows Were Girls
30 What do you call a baby ape?
Answer: Baby

Apes resemble humans. The gorilla is the largest type of ape. The gibbon and the siamang are two of the rarest types of apes.
  From Quiz: Who's the Cute Critter?
31 What is a female sheep called?
Answer: ewe

Male: ram, buck
Female: ewe, dam
Baby: lamb, lambkin, cosset

Sheep is one or many sheep. Ma ma might be the sound sheep make. Ram is a male sheep.
  From Quiz: Animal Names
32 What is a male cat sometimes known as?
Answer: tom
  From Quiz: Animal Parents
33 What is a baby kangaroo called?
Answer: Joey
  From Quiz: Names Of Animal Babies
34 What is the name for a group of monkeys?
Answer: troop
  From Quiz: Easy Animal Groups
35 Frogs are fun to watch around a pond, but if you see a bunch of them, what is the proper name for the group?
Answer: Army

Baby frogs are tadpoles, and have no legs. They do have a tail, though! Where I grew up, male bullfrogs sang all summer long to let females know where they were. Frogs and toads have different group names - the frog's is an 'army', while the toad's is a 'knot'.
  From Quiz: Which Group Is Mine?
36 Dolphins are very smart, friendly animals. They also live in groups. What is a group of dolphins called?
Answer: Pod

Many dolphins have been trained to do tricks like playing fetch, or waving hello to people!
  From Quiz: One Fish, Two Fish
37 What is a male cow called?
Answer: Bull

A male cow is called a bull. The female is called a cow and their babies are called calves, or calf if it is just one baby. Other male animals can also be called bulls and these include alligator, whale and rhinoceros.
  From Quiz: You Gotta Have Hart
38 In the ferret family, babies are born in litters and called kits, but what is their mamma called?
Answer: Jill

Female ferrets are called jills and the males are called hobs. A jill will nurse her babies and take care of them for about six to eight weeks until they are old enough to leave her. The hob doesn't help raise the kits.
  From Quiz: Mammas of the Animal World
39 What is a baby bat?
Answer: Pup

A bat is a flying mammal and at first glance look rather creepy, thanks to the deluge of horror movies incorporating these innocent little creatures into the cast. Up close however, they're not so bad and are indeed one of nature's miracles with their unique physiology. They're also very useful little creatures that are an important part of the ecological chain in their role of pollinating plants and scattering fruit seeds over vast areas. There are over 1,000 different species throughout the world, with the smallest bat known as the Hog-Nosed bat. Somehow that seems rather insulting.
  From Quiz: Offspring of Animals
40 The male peacock is a very colourful bird. His female counterpart isn't as colourful. What is a female peacock known as?
Answer: Peahen

The peacock is a large bird similar to the pheasant. Peacocks generally forage for food along the ground and are not particularly good at flying. Peacocks are usually found in wooded areas.
  From Quiz: Cowboys? I Thought Cows Were Girls
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