478 "Gay" Animals - Born Gay

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478 "Gay" Animals

Bruce Bagemihl, PhD wrote in his 1999 book Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality Dog sniffing another dog

and Natural Diversity that homosexual and/or transgender activity has been observed in 478 species. He states in his book's introduction:

"Any book on homosexuality and transgender in animals is necessarily unfinished, a work in progress. The subject is so vast, the types of behaviors so varied, and the number of species involved so large, as to defy any attempts at comprehensiveness. And the scientific research in this area is only in its infancy: new developments and discoveries are continually being made, and the extent of uncharted and as yet unknowable terrain is so great as to render any attempt at completeness hopelessly premature."

Homosexual / Transgender Behavior Observed in 478 Species
Acanthocephalan Worms Acorn Woodpecker Adelie Penguin African Buffalo African Elephant Agile Wallaby Alfalfa Weevil Amazon Molly Amazon River Dolphin American Bison Anna's Humminbird Anole sp. Aoudad Aperea Appalachian Woodland Salamander Asiatic Elephant Asiatic Mouflon Atlantic Spotted Dolphin Australian Parasitic Wasp sp. Australian Sea Lion Australian Shelduck Aztec Parakeet Bank Swallow Barasingha Barbary Sheep Barn Owl Bean Weevil sp. Bedbug and other Bug spp. Beluga Bangalese Finch (Domestic) Bezoar Bharal Bicolored Antbird Bighorn Sheep Black Bear Black-billed Magpie Blackbuck Black-crowned Night Heron Black-footed Rock Wallaby Black-headed Gull Black-rumped Flameback Black-spotted Frog Black Stilt Blackstripe Topminnow Black Swan Black-tailed Deer Black-winged Stilt Blister Beetle spp. Blowfly Blue-backed Manakin Blue-bellied Roller Bluegill Sunfish Blue Sheep Blue Tit Blue-winged Teal Bonnet Macaque Bonobo Boto Bottlenose Dolphin Bowhead Whale Box Crab Bridled Dolphin Broad-headed Skink Broadwinged Damselfly sp. Brown Bear Brown Capuchin Brown-headed Cowbird Brown Long-eared Bat Brown Rat Budgeriger (Domestic) Buff-breasted Sandpiper Rush Dog Cabbage (Small) White Calfbird California Gull Canada Goose Canary-winged Parakeet Caribou Caspian Tern Cat (Domestic) Cattle (Domestic) Cattle Egret Chaffinch Char Checkered Whiptail Lizard Checkerspot Butterfly Cheetah Chicken (Domestic) Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail Lizard Chiloe Wigeon Cliff Swallow Clubtail Dragonfly spp. Cockroach spp. Collared Peccary Cammerson's Dolphin Common Ameiva Common Brushtail Possum Common Chimpanzee Common Dolphin Common Garter Snake Common Gull Common Marmoset Common Murre Common Pipistrelle Common Racoon Common Shelduck Common Skimmer Dragonfly spp. Common Tree Shrew Cotton-top Tamarin Crab-eating Macaque Crane spp. Creeping Water Bug sp. Crested Black Macaque Cuban Green Anole Cui Dall's Sheep Daubenton's Bat Desert Grassland Whiptail Lizard Desert Tortoise Digger Bee Dog (Domestic) Doria's Tree Kangaroo Dragonfly spp. Dugong Dusky Moorhen Dwarf Cavy Dwarf Mongoose Eastern Bluebird Eastern Cottontail Rabbit Eastern Giant Ichneumon Eastern Gray Kangaroo Egyptian Goose Elegant Parrot Elk Emu Eucalyptus Longhorned Borer Euro European Bison European Bitterling European Jay European Shag Fallow Deer False Killer Whale Fat-tailed Dunnart Fence Lizard Field Cricket sp. Fin Whale Five-lined Skink Flamingo Fruit Fly spp. Galah Gelada Baboon Gentoo Penguin Giraffe Glasswing Butterfly Goat (Domestic) Golden Bishop Bird Golden Monkey Golden Plover Gopher (Pine) Snake	Gorilla Grant's Gazelle Grape Berry Moth Grape Borer Gray-breasted Jay Gray-capped Social Weaver Gray-headed Flying Fox Gray Heron Grayling Gray Seal Gray Squirrel Gray Whale Great Cormorant Greater Bird of Paradise Greater Rhea Green Anole Green Lacewing Green Sandpiper Greenshank Green Swordtail Greylag Goose Griffon Vulture Grizzly Bear Guiana Leaffish Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock Guillemot Guinea Pig (Domestic) Hamadryas Baboon Hammerhead Hamster (Domestic) Hanuman Lanur Harbor Porpoise Harbor Seal Harvest Spider sp. Hawaiin Orb-Weaver Hen Flea Herring Gull Himalayan Tahr Hoary-headed Grebe Hoary Marmot Hooded Warbler Horse (Domestic) House Fly House Sparrow Houting Whitefish Humboldt Penguin Ichneumon Wasp sp. Incirrate Octopus spp. Inagua Curlytail Lizard Indian Fruit Bat Indian Mantjac Indian Rhinoceros Ivory Gull Jackdaw Jamaican Giant Anole Japanese Scarab Beetle Japanese Macaque Javelina Jewel Fish Jumping Spider sp. Kangaroo Rat Kestrel Killer Whale King Penquin Kittiwake Koala Kob Larch Bud Moth Laredo Striped Whiptail Lizard Larga Seal Largehead Anole Large Milkweed Bug Large White Laughing Gull Laysan Albatross Least Chipmunk Least Darter Lechwe Lesser Bushbaby Lesser Flamingo Lesser Scaup Duck Lion Lion-tailed Macaque Lion Tamarin Little Blue Heron Little Brown Bat Little Egret Livingstone's Fruit Bat Long-eared Hedgehog Long-footed Tree Shrew Long-legged Fly spp. Long-tailed Hermit Hummingbird Mallard Duck Markhor Marten Masked Lovebird Matschie's Tree Kangaroo Mazarine Blue Mealy Amazon Parrot Mediterranean Fruit Fly Mew Gull Mexican Jay Mexican White Midge sp. Migratory Locust Mite sp. Moco Mohol Galago Monarch Butterfly Moor Macaque Moose Mountain Dusky Salamander Mountain Goat Mountain Tree Shrew Mountain Zebra Mourning Gecko Mouse (Domestic) Mouthbreeding Fish sp. Mule Deer Mustached Tamarin Musk Duck Musk-ox Mute Swan Narrow-winged Damselfly spp. Natterer's Bat New Zealand Sea Lion Nilgiri Langur Noctule North American Porcupine Northern Elephant Seal Northern Fur Seal Northern Quoll Ocellated Antbird Ocher-bellied Flycatcher Olympic Marmot Orange Bishop Bird Orange-footed Parakeet Orangutan Orca Ornate Lorikeet Ostrich Oystercatcher Pacific Striped Dolphin Parsnip Leaf Miner Patas Monkey Peach-faced Lovebird Pere David's Deer Pied Flycatcher Pied Kingfisher Pig (Domestic) Pigeon (Domestic) Pig-tailed Macaque Plains Zebra Plateau Striped Whiptail Lizard Polar Bear Pomace Fly Powerful Owl Prea Pretty-faced Wallaby Proboscis Monkey Pronghorn	Przewalski's Horse Pukeko Puku Purple Swamphen Pygmy Chimpanzee Queen Butterfly Quokka Rabbit (Domestic) Raccoon Dog Raggiana's Bird of Paradise Rat (Domestic) Raven Razorbill Red Ant sp. Red-backed Shrike Red Bishop Bird Red Deer Red Diamond Rattlesnake Red-faced Lovebird Red Flour Beetle Red Fox Red Kangaroo Red-necked Wallaby Redshank Red-shouldered Widowbird Red Squirrel Red-tailed Skink Reeve's Muntjac Regent Bowerbird Reindeer Reindeer Warble Fly Rhesus Macaque Right Whale Ring-billed Gull Ring Dove Rock Cavy Rock Dove Rodrigues Fruit Bat Roe Deer Roseate Cockatoo Roseate Tern Rosechafer Rose-ringed Parakeet Rove Beetle spp. Ruff Ruffed Grouse Rufous Bettong Rufous-naped Tamarin Rufous Rat Kangaroo Saddle-back Tamarin Sage Grouse Salmon spp. San Blas Jay Sand Martin Satin Bowerbird Savanna Baboon Scarab Beetle, Melolonthine Scarlet Ibis Scottish Crossbill Screwworm Fly Sea Otter Senegal Parrot Serotine Bat Sharp-tailed Sparrow Sheep (Domestic) Siamang Side-blotched Lizard Sika Deer Silkworm Moth Silver Gull Silvery Grebe Slender Tree Shrew Snow Goose Sociable Weaver Sooty Mangabey Southeastern Blueberry Bee Southern Green Stink Bug Southern Masked Chafer Southern One-Year Canegrub Southern Platyfish Speckled Rattlesnake Sperm Whale Spinifex Hopping Mouse Spinner Dolphin Spotted Hyena Spotted Seal Spreadwinged Damselfly spp. Spruce Budworm Moth Squirrel Monkey Stable Fly sp. Stag Beetle spp. Steller's Sea Eagle Striped Dolphin Stuart's Marsupial Mouse Stumptail Macaque Superb Lyrebird Swallow-tailed Manakin Swamp Deer Swamp Wallaby Takhi Talapoin Tammar Wallaby Tasmanian Devil Tasmanian Native Hen Tasmanian Rat Kangaroo Tengger Desert Toad Ten-spined Stickleback Thinhorn Sheep Thomson's Gazelle Three-spined Stickleback Tonkean Macaque Tree Swallow Trumpeter Swan Tsetse Fly Tucuxi Turkey (Domestic) Urial Vampire Bat Verreaux's Sifaka Vervet Victoria's Riflebird Vicuna Walrus Wapiti Warthog Water Boatman Bug Waterbuck Water Buffalo Water Moccasin Water Strider spp. Wattled Starling Weeper Capuchin Western Gray Kangaroo Western Gull Western Rattlesnake West Indian Manatee Western Banded Gecko Whiptail Lizard spp. Whiptail Wallaby White-faced Capuchin White-fronted Amazon Parrot White-fronted Capuchin White-handed Gibbon White-lipped Peccary White Stork White-tailed Deer Wild Cavy Wild Goat Wisent Wolf Wood Duck Wood Turtle Yellow-backed (Chattering) Lorikeet Yello-footed Rock Wallaby Yellow-rumped Cacique Yellow-toothed Cavy Zebra Finch (Domestic)

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