...a cygnet. Canada has several native swan species, but the mute swan (pictured) isn't actually one of them—it's considered an invasive. The babies are still adorbs though!
...a porcupette! Aww. Baby porkies are about 10 cm long when born; their quills are soft initially.
...a whelp. But pup is also an acceptable term. Whelp is cuter though, arewerite?
...a kit. Baby pine martens (pictured), as members of the weasel family, are also called kits.
...an eyas. A what? That's right. Juvenile hawks, like this young goshawk, get their own special name. But chick, nestling, and fledgeling also apply.
...a joey. No surprise, really. Canada's only marsupial gets the same baby name as that very famous marsupial, the kangaroo.
...a pup. Otter pups are playful, like most baby animals. But otters are one of the only mammals known to also play as adults.
...a leveret. Unlike rabbit babies, leverets are born fully furred, and with their eyes open.
Just as there are specialized names for groups of animals—a murder of crows; a nursery of raccoons—baby animals also have their own proper nouns. Some may surprise you: an eyas? A leveret? How many of these baby animal names do you know?
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