Japanese for baby kangaroo


How would I describe a baby kangaroo in Japanese? Would I call it "ジョーイ"
(katakana for "joey", which is used in English for pretty much any baby
marsupial), or "子カンガルー" (literally baby-kangaroo).

The English edition of Wiktionary
[doesn't](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/joey) have a translation. Weblio only
has info on the given name "Joey" at both the page on
[ジョーイ](http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A4) or
on [Joey](http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/joey).

Doing a google image search using 子カンガルー gave me better results than doing one
on ジョーイ, but that could just be because the former doesn't have to compete
against synonyms.




Basically, you have two choices:

> 「カンガルー **の** [赤]{あか}ちゃん」 and 「赤ちゃんカンガルー」 (No 「の」 needed in the latter.)

「カンガルー子」 does not make much sense at all, which you might find surprising. You
need to use a particle. 「カンガルー **の** [子]{こ}」 makes perfect sense, but it does
not carry the meaning of "baby" specifically. It includes the toddler version
of a kangaroo as well.

「ジョーイ」 is a word I have heard for the first time today.

