Same-sex sexual behaviour among mammals is widely observed, yet seldomly reported: Evidence from an online expert survey
Karyn A. Anderson,
Julie A. Teichroeb,
Malcolm S. Ramsay
et al.
Abstract:Same-sex sexual behaviour (SSSB) occurs in most animal clades, but published reports are largely concentrated in a few taxa. Thus, there remains a paucity of published reports for most mammalian species. We conducted a cross-sectional expert survey to better understand the underlying reasons for the lack of publications on this topic. Most respondents researched Primates (83.6%, N = 61), while the rest studied Carnivora (6.9%, N = 5), Rodentia (4.1%, N = 3), Artiodactyla (2.7%, N = 2), and Proboscidea (2.7%, N… Show more
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