Confused hoglets

Baby hedgehogs are having a hard time in this weather, need to be rescued from waterlogged nests.

The Times report of this sad fact also introduced me to the idea that a baby hedgehog is called a hoglet.

But only since 1949, according to the OED. Before that – ever since 1611 - it was used to mean a piglet.

Americans have been known to apply it to a baby ground hog.

Still, no more confusing than wondering whether a hogget is a young sheep or a young pig.