Talk:Polygyny in animals

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This page was tagged as needing expansion. The major topics that were previously in this page were more thoroughly expanded and better organized with the new edits.--Bio267 (talk) 18:54, 21 November 2014 (UTC)Bioclass[reply]

Your material is very good, but there were some mistakes that newer users often make, which I have fixed. ^—^Asterisk*^Splat^→ 19:26, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ant colony

There is polygyny, too. Xx236 (talk) 06:57, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

One female to many males?

There doesn't seem to be any information here on when one female has several males, as is the case with Vasa parrots and sometimes housecats. It seems as though Polygynandry means both sexes have multiple partners, though different pages seem to obfuscate the word's meaning. I'm certain I found some source for animals where the female has multiple male partners but the males typically only have one mate, aside from like with bees. Can anyone verify this? It really needs a word. It's rare but it does exist in nature. Nokota Silver (talk) 12:25, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]