Are any Animals Truly Monogamous?

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References

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Kraaijeveld, K., Carew, P. J., Billing, T., Adcock, G. J., & Mulder, R. A. (2004). Extra‐pair paternity does not result in differential sexual selection in the mutually ornamented black swan (Cygnus atratus). Molecular Ecology, 13(6), 1625-1633.

Ophir, A. G., Phelps, S. M., Sorin, A. B., & Wolff, J. O. (2008). Social but not genetic monogamy is associated with greater breeding success in prairie voles.Animal Behaviour, 75(3), 1143-1154.

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Thusius, K. J., Peterson, K. A., Dunn, P. O., & Whittingham, L. A. (2001). Male mask size is correlated with mating success in the common yellowthroat.Animal Behaviour, 62(3), 435-446.

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Monogamous primates: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~phyl/anthro/mating.html

Image Credits

Fairy Wren
Photo by: Wikimedia user benjamint444
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Male_and_female_superb_fairy_wren.jpg

Ducks
Photo by: Jörg Hempel
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anas_platyrhynchos_LC0193.jpg

Swans
Photo by: Richard Bartz
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cygnus_olor_flirt_edit.jpg

Parrots
Photo by: Riza Nugraha