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List of animals displaying homosexual behavior
This list includes animals for which there is documented evidence of homosexual or transgender behavior of one or more of the following kinds: sex, courtship, affection, pair bonding, or parenting, as listed in Bruce Bagemihl's 1999 scientific study Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity.
- Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.
Mammals
- African Buffalo
- African Elephant
- Agile Wallaby
- Amazon River Dolphin (Boto)
- American Bison
- Asian Elephant
- Asiatic Lion
- Asiatic Mouflon
- Atlantic Spotted Dolphin
- Australian Sea Lion
- Barasingha
- Barbary Sheep
- Beluga
- Bharal
- Bighorn Sheep
- Black Bear
- Blackbuck
- Black-footed Rock Wallaby
- Black-tailed Deer
- Bonnet Macaque
- Bonobo
- Bottlenose Dolphin
- Bowhead Whale
- Brazilian Guinea Pig
- Bridled Dolphin
- Brown Bear
- Brown Capuchin
- Brown Long-eared Bat
- Brown Rat
- Caribou
- Cat (domestic)
- Cattle (domestic)
- Cheetah
- Collared Peccary
- Commerson's Dolphin
- Common Brushtail Possum
- Common Chimpanzee
- Common Dolphin
- Common Marmoset
- Common Pipistrelle
- Common Raccoon
- Common Tree Shrew
- Cotton-top Tamarin
- Crab-eating Macaque
- Crested Black Macaque
- Cui
- Dall's Sheep
- Daubenton's Bat
- Dog (domestic)
- Doria's Tree Kangaroo
- Dugong
- Dwarf Cavy
- Dwarf Mongoose
- Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
- Eastern Gray Kangaroo
- Elk
- Euro (a subspecies of wallaroo)
- European Bison
- Fallow Deer
- False Killer Whale
- Fat-tailed Dunnart
- Fin Whale
- Fox
- Gelada Baboon
- Giraffe
- Goat (Domestic)
- Golden Monkey
- Gorilla
- Grant's Gazelle
- Gray-headed Flying Fox
- Gray Seal
- Gray Squirrel
- Gray Whale
- Gray Wolf
- Grizzly Bear
- Guinea Pig (Domestic)
- Hamadryas Baboon
- Hamster (Domestic)
- Hanuman Langur
- Harbor Porpoise
- Harbor Seal
- Himalayan Tahr
- Hoary Marmot
- Horse (domestic)
- Human
- Indian Fruit Bat
- Indian Muntjac
- Indian Rhinoceros
- Japanese Macaque
- Javelina
- Kangaroo Rat
- Killer Whale
- Koala
- Kob
- Larga Seal
- Least Chipmunk
- Lechwe
- Lesser Bushbaby
- Lion
- Lion-tailed Macaque
- Lion Tamarin
- Little Brown Bat
- Livingstone's Fruit Bat
- Long-eared Hedgehog
- Long-footed Tree Shrew
- Markhor
- Marten
- Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
- Mohol Galago
- Moor Macaque
- Moose
- Mountain Goat
- Mountain Tree Shrew
- Mountain Zebra
- Mouse (domestic)
- Moustached Tamarin
- Mule Deer
- Musk-ox
- Natterer's Bat
- New Zealand Sea Lion
- Nilgiri Langur
- Noctule
- North American Porcupine
- Northern Elephant Seal
- Northern Fur Seal
- Northern Quoll
- Olympic Marmot
- Orangutan
- Orca
- Pacific Striped Dolphin
- Patas Monkey
- Pere David's Deer
- Pig (Domestic)
- Pig-tailed Macaque
- Plains Zebra
Polar Bear - Pretty-faced Wallaby
- Proboscis Monkey
- Pronghorn
- Przewalski's Horse
- Puku
- Quokka
- Rabbit
- Raccoon Dog
- Red Deer
- Red Fox
- Red Kangaroo
- Red-necked Wallaby
- Red Squirrel
- Reeves's Muntjac
- Reindeer
- Rhesus Macaque
- Right Whale
- Rock Cavy
- Rodrigues Fruit Bat
- Roe Deer
- Rufous Bettong
- Rufous-naped Tamarin
- Rufous Rat Kangaroo
- Saddle-back Tamarin
- Savanna Baboon
- Sea Otter
- Serotine Bat
- Sheep (Domestic)
- Siamang
- Sika Deer
- Slender Tree Shrew
- Sooty Mangabey
- Sperm Whale
- Spinifex Hopping Mouse
- Spinner Dolphin
- Spotted Hyena
- Spotted Seal
- Squirrel Monkey
- Striped Dolphin
- Stuart's Marsupial Mouse
- Stumptail Macaque
- Swamp Deer
- Swamp Wallaby
- Takhi
- Talapoin
- Tammar Wallaby
- Tasmanian Devil
- Tasmanian Rat Kangaroo
- Thinhorn Sheep
- Thomson's Gazelle
- Tiger
- Tonkean Macaque
- Tucuxi
- Urial
- Vampire Bat
- Verreaux's Sifaka
- Vervet
- Vicuna
- Walrus
- Wapiti
- Warthog
- Waterbuck
- Water Buffalo
- Weeper Capuchin
- Western Gray Kangaroo
- West Indian Manatee
- Whiptail Wallaby
- White-faced Capuchin
- White-fronted Capuchin
- White-handed Gibbon
- White-lipped Peccary
- White-tailed Deer
- Wild Cavy
- Wild Goat
- Wisent
- Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby
- Yellow-toothed Cavy
Birds
- Acorn Woodpecker
- Adelie Penguin
- Anna's Hummingbird
- Australian Shelduck
- Aztec Parakeet
- Bangalese Finch (Domestic)
- Bank Swallow
- Barn Owl
- Bicolored Antbird
- Black-billed Magpie
- Black-crowned Night Heron
Black-headed Gull - Black-rumped Flameback
- Black Stilt
- Black Swan
- Black-winged Stilt
- Blue-backed Manakin
- Blue-bellied Roller
- Blue Tit
- Blue-winged Teal
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Budgerigar (Domestic)
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Calfbird
- California Gull
- Canada Goose
- Canary-winged Parakeet
- Caspian Tern
- Cattle Egret
- Chaffinch
- Chicken (Domestic)
- Chiloe Wigeon
- Cliff Swallow
- Common Gull
- Common Murre
- Common Shelduck
- Crane spp.
- Dusky Moorhen
- Eastern Bluebird
- Egyptian Goose
- Elegant Parrot
- Emu
- European Jay
- European Shag
- Flamingo
- Galah
- Gentoo Penguin
- Golden Bishop Bird
- Golden Plover
- Gray-breasted Jay
- Gray-capped Social Weaver
- Gray Heron
- Grayling
- Great Cormorant
- Greater Bird of Paradise
- Greater Rhea
- Green Sandpiper
- Greenshank
- Greylag Goose
- Griffon Vulture
- Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock
- Guillemot
- Herring Gull
- Hoary-headed Grebe
- Hooded Warbler
- House Sparrow
- Humboldt Penguin
- Ivory Gull
- Jackdaw
- Kestrel
- King Penguin
- Kittiwake
- Laughing Gull
- Laysan Albatross
- Least Darter
- Lesser Flamingo
- Lesser Scaup Duck
- Little Blue Heron
- Little Egret
- Long-tailed Hermit Hummingbird
- Mallard
- Masked Lovebird
- Mealy Amazon Parrot
- Mew Gull
- Mexican Jay
Musk Duck - Mute Swan
- Ocellated Antbird
- Ocher-bellied Flycatcher
- Orange Bishop Bird
- Orange-footed Parakeet
- Ornate Lorikeet
- Ostrich
- Oystercatcher
- Peach-faced Lovebird
- Pied Flycatcher
- Pied Kingfisher
- Pigeon (Domestic)
- Powerful Owl
- Purple Swamphen
- Raggiana's Bird of Paradise
- Raven
- Razorbill
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red Bishop Bird
- Red-faced Lovebird
- Redshank
- Red-shouldered Widowbird
- Regent Bowerbird
- Ring-billed Gull
- Ring Dove
- Rock Dove
- Roseate Cockatoo
- Roseate Tern
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Ruff
- Ruffed Grouse
- Sage Grouse
- San Blas Jay
- Sand Martin
- Satin Bowerbird
- Scarlet Ibis
- Scottish Crossbill
- Senegal Parrot
- Sharp-tailed Sparrow
- Silver Gull
- Silvery Grebe
- Snow Goose
- Steller's Sea Eagle
- Superb Lyrebird
- Swallow-tailed Manakin
- Tasmanian Native Hen
- Tree Swallow
- Trumpeter Swan
- Turkey (Domestic)
- Victoria's Riflebird
- Wattled Starling
- Western Gull
- White-fronted Amazon Parrot
- White Stork
- Wood Duck
- Yellow-backed (Chattering) Lorikeet
- Yellow-rumped Cacique
- Zebra Finch (Domestic)
Fish
- Amazon molly
- Blackstripe Topminnow
- Bluegill Sunfish
- Char
- European Bitterling
- Green swordtail
- Guiana leaffish
- Hammerhead
- Houting Whitefish
- Jewel Fish
- Mouthbreeding Fish sp.
- Salmon spp.
- Southern platyfish
- Ten-spined stickleback
- Three-spined stickleback
Other vertebrates
- Anole sp.
- Appalachian Woodland Salamander
- Bearded Dragon
- Black-spotted Frog
- Broad-headed Skink
- Checkered Whiptail Lizard
- Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail Lizard
- Common Ameiva
- Common Garter Snake
- Cuban Green Anole
- Desert Grassland Whiptail Lizard
- Desert Tortoise
- Fence Lizard
- Five-lined Skink
- Gopher (Pine) Snake
- Green Anole
- Inagua Curlytail Lizard
- Jamaican Giant Anole
- Laredo Striped Whiptail Lizard
- Largehead Anole
- Mountain Dusky Salamander
- Mourning Gecko
- Plateau Striped Whiptail Lizard
- Red Diamond Rattlesnake
- Red-tailed Skink
- Side-blotched Lizard
- Speckled Rattlesnake
- Tengger Desert Toad
- Water Moccasin
- Western Rattlesnake
- Western Banded Gecko
- Whiptail Lizard spp.
- Wood Turtle
Insects and other invertebrates
- Acanthocephalan Worms
- Alfalfa Weevil
- Australian Parasitic Wasp sp.
- Bean Weevil sp.
- Bedbug and other Bug spp.
- Blister Beetle spp.
- Blowfly
- Box Crab
- Broadwinged Damselfly sp.
- Cabbage (Small) White
- Checkerspot Butterfly
- Clubtail Dragonfly spp.
- Cockroach spp.
- Common Skimmer Dragonfly spp.
- Creeping Water Bug sp.
- Digger Bee
- Dragonfly spp.
- Eastern Giant Ichneumon
- Eucalyptus Longhorned Borer
- Field Cricket sp.
- Fruit Fly spp.
- Glasswing Butterfly
- Grape Berry Moth
- Grape Borer
- Green Lacewing
- Harvest Spider sp.
- Hawaiian Orb-Weaver
- Hen Flea
- House Fly
- Ichneumon wasp sp.
- Incirrate Octopus spp.
- Japanese Scarab Beetle
- Jumping spider sp.
- Larch Bud Moth
- Large Milkweed Bug
- Large White
- Long-legged Fly spp.
- Mazarine Blue
- Mediterranean Fruit Fly
- Mexican White
- Midge sp.
- Migratory Locust
- Mite sp.
- Monarch Butterfly
- Narrow-winged Damselfly spp.
- Parsnip Leaf Miner
- Pomace Fly
- Prea
- Queen Butterfly
- Red Ant sp.
- Red Flour Beetle
- Reindeer Warble Fly
- Rosechafer
- Rove Beetle spp.
- Scarab Beetle, Melolonthine
- Screwworm Fly
- Silkworm Moth
- Sociable Weaver
- Southeastern Blueberry Bee
- Southern Green Stink Bug
- Southern Masked Chafer
- Southern One-Year Canegrub
- Spreadwinged Damselfly spp.
- Spruce Budworm Moth
- Stable Fly sp.
- Stag Beetle spp.
- Tsetse Fly
- Water Boatman Bug
- Water Strider spp.
See also
- Against Nature?, an exhibit at the University of Oslo's Natural History Museum, taking place until August 19, 2007.
Notes
- Bagemihl, Bruce. Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity. St. Martin's Press, 1999. ISBN 0-312-19239-8
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