This is a list of mammals for which there is documented evidence of homosexual behavior. These animals have been observed practicing homosexual courtship...
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researcher's ethical principles." Homosexual behavior is found amongst social birds and mammals, particularly the sea mammals and the primates. In 1986, it...
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sexual display behavior) between animals of the same sex. This list is part of a larger list of animals displaying homosexual behavior including mammals, insects...
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animal species exhibit behavior that can be interpreted as homosexual or bisexual, often referred to as same-sex sexual behavior (SSSB) by scientists....
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Homosexual behavior in sheep has been well documented and studied. The domestic sheep (Ovis aries) is the only species of mammal except for humans which...
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in the absence of a female in oestrus. List of mammals displaying homosexual behavior "Understanding cow behavior". Genetics Australia. Archived from the...
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activity, it can refer to homosexual pair-bonding, homosexual parenting and homosexual acts of affection. Engaging in homosexual behavior may allow species to...
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Animal sexual behaviour (redirect from Mating behavior of mammals)
Richard Estes (1991). The Behavior Guide to African Mammals: Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, Primates. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-08085-0...
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Dolphin (redirect from Sexual behavior of dolphins)
flippers, and homosexual contact. Various species of dolphin have been known to engage in sexual behavior including copulation with dolphins of other species...
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Homosexuality is sexual attraction, romantic attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality...
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Prenatal hormones and sexual orientation (section Prenatal Thyroid Theory of Homosexuality/Gender Dysphoria)
influence later sex-typed behavior in children.: 24 This hypothesis is originated from countless experimental studies in non-human mammals, yet the argument...
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Bat (redirect from Social behavior of bats)
Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera (/kaɪˈrɒptərə/). With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained...
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Necrophilia (redirect from Davian behavior)
observed in mammals, birds, reptiles, and frogs. In 1960, Robert Dickerman described necrophilia in ground squirrels, which he termed "Davian behavior" after...
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Bisexuality (redirect from Bisexual behavior)
bisexual behavior. Examples of mammals that display such behavior include the bonobo, orca, walrus, and the bottlenose dolphin. Examples of birds include...
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Giraffe (redirect from Sexual behavior of giraffes)
PMID 30310743. Estes, R. (1992). The Behavior Guide to African Mammals: including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, Primates. University of California Press. pp. 202–207...
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Bottlenose dolphin (redirect from Reproductive behavior of bottlenose dolphins)
Perrin; Bernd G. Würsig; J. G. M. Thewissen (2008). "Group behavior". Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals (2 ed.). United States: Academic Press. pp. 511–520....
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Bruce Bagemihl (category Academic staff of the University of British Columbia)
(see List of animals displaying homosexual behavior) showing that homosexual and bisexual behaviors are common among animals and proposes a theory of sexual...
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mating behavior in some mammals, which is representative of human sexual orientation. The human equivalent to the SDN-POA is the interstitial nucleus of the...
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Bonobo (redirect from Social behavior of bonobos)
engaged in behaviors such as grooming, food sharing, and collective defense against threats like snakes. Notably, the two groups, while displaying cooperative...
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American bison (redirect from Social behavior of American bison)
and 25 years of age, respectively. Bison have been observed to display homosexual behaviors, males much more so than females. In the case of males, it is...
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Elephant (redirect from Sexual behavior of elephants)
69. Estes, R. (1991). The behavior guide to African mammals: including hoofed mammals, carnivores, primates. University of California Press. pp. 263–266...
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Common squirrel monkey (redirect from Social behavior of common squirrel monkeys)
PMID 4975594. Anschel S.; Talmage-Riggs G. (1973). "Homosexual behavior and dominance hierarchy in a group of captive female squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)"...
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Rock cavy (category Endemic mammals of Brazil)
They can sometimes display homosexual behavior, with males courting other males. Some paedophilic behavior has also been displayed, with adult males courting...
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Gorilla (redirect from Social behavior of gorillas)
Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553897. Prince-Hughes, D. (1987). Songs of the gorilla...
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Black wildebeest (category Mammals of Southern Africa)
Web. University of Michigan. Retrieved 2013-08-21. Estes, R. D. (2004). The Behavior Guide to African Mammals : Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, Primates...
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(January 2002). "The development of coordinated singing in cooperatively displaying long-tailed manakins". Behavioral Ecology. 13 (1): 65–69. doi:10.1093/beheco/13...
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Sheep (redirect from Anatomy of sheep)
makes O. aries (ram) only the second mammal known, apart from humans, capable of displaying exclusive homosexuality. Levay, Simon (2017). Gay, Straight...
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Dusky dolphin (category Mammals of Argentina)
Guide to Marine Mammals of the World. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ISBN 0-375-41141-0. Würsig, B.; Würsig, M. (1980). "Behavior and ecology of the dusky dolphin...
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Bonin flying fox (category Endemic mammals of Japan)
foxes do not have a strong fear of humans. Bonin flying foxes are an animal species known to display homosexual behavior, with males observed performing...
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Lion (redirect from Sexual behavior of lions)
(1991). "Lion". The behavior guide to African mammals: including hoofed mammals, carnivores, primates. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 369–376...
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