Animals family members Male, Female and Children

Animal families:  Roles of males, females, and children within their families

Animals enrich our lives with happiness, company, and amazement, making them an essential element of our planet. They are diverse in size, shape, and species, and each has its own special traits and ways of behaving. This blog article will discuss the many labels used to characterise animals according to their age and gender, as well as the names given to their relatives.

Animal Gender: Male and female animals in the family

Animals may be categorised as male or female, much like people. These gender differences are crucial for understanding each sex’s behaviour and traits, in addition to being necessary for reproduction.

Males are called “males” or “stallions” in the context of horses, “bulls” in the context of cattle, “roosters” in the context of chickens, and “rams” in the context of sheep. In contrast, female animals are referred to as “hens” for chickens, “ewes” for sheep, “cows” for bovines, and “females” or “mares” for horses.

It’s important to remember that certain animals, including male deer and female deer, have names peculiar to their genders. For example, male dogs are called “sires” and female dogs are called “dams.”

Children of animals: Young animals in the family

An animal’s young are often referred to as “offspring,” “young,” or “juveniles.” On the other hand, many species have unique names for their young, which might differ from species to species.

For instance, young dogs are referred to as “puppies,” whereas young cats are called “kittens.” For example, young horses are called “foals,” while young cows are called “calves.” In a similar vein, young sheep are referred to as “lambs” and young chickens as “chicks.”

Roles, responsibilities and characteristics of female animals within their families

Animal Familial Relationships: Understanding and respecting animal families in the natural world
Similar to us, animals also create families and give their members unique names. Although the functions of these family ties might differ throughout species, they often have the functions of educating, guarding, and caring for the young.

The parent-child tie is among the most prevalent types of family interactions. Most animals refer to females as “mothers” or “dams” and males as “fathers” or “sires.” In dog lingo, a female dog is termed a “mother” or “dam,” whereas a male dog is called a “father” or “sire.”

Below is a list of some animals with their male, female, and child names:

ANIMAL MALE FEMALE CHILDREN

Ass

Jack Jenny Foal

Alligator

Bull Cow Hatchling

Alpaca

Male Female Cria

Ant

Drone Gyne
Queen
Worker
Lava
Pupa

Antelope

Buck Doe Calf

Ape

Male Female Baby

Armadillo

Male Female Pup

Baboon

Male Female Infant

Badger

Boar Sow Cub
Kit

Bat

Male Female Pup

Bear

Boar Sow Cub

Beaver

Male Female Kitten
Pup

Bee

Drone Worker
Queen
Larva

Beetle

Male Female Larva

Bird

Cock Hen Chick
Hatchling

Bison

Bull Cow Calf

Boar

Boar Sow Piglet

Butterfly

Male Female Caterpillar
Chrysalis
Larva
Pupa

Buzzard

Cock Hen Chick

Camel

Bull Cow Calf

Caribou

Bull Cow Calf

Cat

Tom Queen Kitten

Cattle

Bull Cow Calf

Chamois

Bull Doe Calf

Cheetah

Male Female Cub

Chicken

Rooster Hen Chick
Pullet (hen) Cockerel (rooster)

Clam

Larva

Cockroach

Nymph

Codfish

Codling

Coyote

Dog Bitch Pup
Whelp

Crow

Cock Hen Chick

Deer

Buck
Stag
Doe Fawn

Dog

Dog Bitch Pup

Dolphin

Bull Cow Calf
Pup

Donkey

Jack
Jackass
Jennet
Jenny
Colt
Foal

Duck

Drake Hen Duckling

Eagle

Tiercel Hen Eaglet

Eel

Male Female Elver

Elephant

Bull Cow Calf

Elk

Bull Cow Calf

Emu

Male Female Chick

Falcon

Tiercel Falcon Chick

Ferret

Hob Jill Kit

Fish

Fry
Fingerling

Finch

Cock Hen Chick

Flamingo

Male Female Chick

Fly

Maggot

Fox

Dog
Reynard
Vixen Cub
Kit
Pup

Frog

Male Female Tadpole
Polliwog
Froglet

Gerbil

Buck Doe Pup

Giraffe

Bull Doe Calf

Gnat

Male Female Larva

Gnu

Bull Cow Calf

Goat

Billy
Buck
Nanny Kid

Goose

Goose Gander Gosling

Gorilla

Male Female Infant

Grasshopper

Male Female Nymph

Guinea Pig

Boar Sow Pup

Gull

Cock Hen Chick

Hamster

Buck Doe Pup

Hare

Buck Doe Leveret

Hawk

Tiercel Hen Eyas

Hedgehog

Boar Sow Piglet
Pup

Heron

Cock Hen Chick

Hippopotamus

Bull Cow Calf

Hornet

Male Female Larva

Hog

Boar Sow Farrow
Shoat

Horse

Stallion
Stud
Dam
Mare
Colt (Male)
Filly (Female)
Foal

Hummingbird

Cock Hen Chick

Hyena

Male Female Cub

Kangaroo

Buck Doe Joey

Leopard

Leopard Leopardess Cub

Lion

Lion Lioness Cub

Llama

Macho Hembra Cria

Mallard

Drake Hen Duckling

Manatee

Bull Cow Calf

Mink

Boar Sow Cub
Kit

Mole

Male Female Pup

Monkey

Male Female Infant

Moose

Bull Cow Calf

Mouse

Buck Doe Kitten
Pinky
Pup

Mule

Jack Jenny Foal

Ostrich

Cock Hen Chick

Otter

Male Female Pup
Whelp

Owl

Owl Hen Owlet

Ox

Bull Cow Calf

Panda

Boar Soar Cub

Penguin

Male Female Chick

Pig

Boar Sow Piglet

Polecat

Hob Jill Kit

Porpoise

Bull Cow Calf

Rabbit

Buck Doe Bunny
Kit

Raccoon

Boar Sow Cub

Rat

Buck Doe Kitten
Pinky
Pup

Reindeer

Bull Cow Calf

Rhinoceros

Bull Cow Calf

Sea Lion

Bull Cow Pup

Seal

Bull Cow Pup

Serval

Male Female Kitten

Shark

Bull Female Pup

Sheep

Buck
Ram
Ewe Lamb

Skunk

Boar Sow Kit

Snake

Male Female Hatchling
Neonate
Snakelet

Spider

Male Female Spiderling

Squirrel

Buck Doe Kit
Kitten
Pup

Swan

Cob Pen Cygnet

Termite

Male Female Larva

Tiger

Tiger Tigeress Cub

Toad

Male Female Tadpole

Turkey

Tom Hen Poult

Turtle

Male Female Hatchling

Wallaby

Jack Jill Joey

Walrus

Bull Cow Cub
Pup

Wasp

Drone Queen
Worker
Larva

Weasel

Jack Jill Kit

Whale

Bull Cow Calf

Wolf

Dog Bitch Pup

Wombat

Jack Jill Joey

Woodpecker

Male Female Chick

Yak

Bull Cow Calf

Zebra

Stallion Mare Foal