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Fota Whildlife Park has welcomed five new baby ring-tailed lemurs Darragh Kane Photography
Test your knowledge

Quiz: Do you know what these baby animals are called?

Test your knowledge of terms for animal offspring.
10.01pm, 20 Apr 2025
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THIS WEEK, FOTA Wildlife Park asked the public to help name five new ring-tailed lemur pups.

The pups all share the same father, a male named Merlot, but Fota wants the new names to be inspired by the lemurs’ native Madagascar or carry a meaningful connection to the species. Name suggestions can be submitted on Fota’s website here.

That story, and the fact that baby lemurs are called pups, got us thinking about what we call different animal offspring. 

So, let’s see how well you know the names of these baby animals. 

Let's start with an easy one. What is a baby lion called?
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Kitten
Pup
Cub
Simba
What's a baby hippo called?
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Hipplet
Hippo baby
Calf
Foal
What's a baby eagle called?
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Eagling
Eaglet
Winglet
Raptorling
What's a baby porcupine called?
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Porcupette
Porcupino
Porcupup
Spineling
What's a baby grasshopper called?
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Nymph
Hoplite
Greenlet
Hopper
What's a baby goat called?
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Goatlet
Foal
Goaty
Kid
What's a baby swan called?
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Fluffling
Swanling
Swanlet
Cygnet
What's a baby opossum called?
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Joey
Possy
Kitten
Pup
What's a baby Echidna called?
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Wuggle
Puggle
Muggle
Snuggle
What's a baby shark called? (Sorry for putting that song in your head)
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Fry
Sprat
Sharkling
Pup
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Turtley Awful
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Shell of a bad effort
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What are ewe doing?
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Baaaad
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Fin-tastic
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Flippin good
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Clever cat
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Almost purr-fect
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Top dog
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Paws-itively perfect
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