Mating System Types

Polygyny

Mating system where one male mates with multiple females, the most common form of polygamy in animals

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Tuatara

Ancient reptile, modern survivor

Patas Monkey

Built for the savanna sprint

Pademelon

Little hopper of the forest edge

Capybara

Built to graze, born to swim

Gharial

The long-snouted fisher of big rivers

Water Dragon

Bask. Bolt. Dive.

Turkey

Strut, gobble, and soar-wild-born.

Wallaby

Pouches, power-hops, and wild places

Frilled Lizard

Pop the frill, own the moment

Grouse

Masters of the lek and the snow

Fishing Cat

Spotted swimmer of Asia's wetlands

Pygmy Hippopotamus

Small hippo, big rainforest story

Sumatran Rhinoceros

Shaggy forest rhino-save the last two-horned Asian

Javan Rhinoceros

One park. One species. Protect it.

Indian Rhinoceros

One horn, river-grass royalty

Black Rhinoceros

Hook-lipped browser, hard to beat

Sperm Whale

Square head, deep dives, giant squid.

Woolly Mammoth

Built for the Ice Age grasslands

Eastern Lowland Gorilla

Gentle giant of Congo's forests

Western Lowland Gorilla

Silverback-led seed sower of the Congo

Eastern Gorilla

Big ape, tight family, fragile home

Cross River Gorilla

Protect the Cross River silverback

Western Gorilla

Forest giants of west-central Africa

Markhor

Corkscrew kings of the cliffs