Monogamous Animal Tour

INTRODUCTION
      
The Monogamous Animal Tour leads Field Museum guests through animal exhibits presenting history and facts of monogamous animals. Monogamy is defined in ways animals use monogamy versus how humans associate monogamy. Animals are monogamous for various biological reasons, as guests learn throughout the tour. Both humans and animals place value or disadvantage to monogamy in different ways. The purpose is for guests to learn something different about animals than commonly presented. This tour was created and designed by an undergraduate student, Sarah Weber, from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

To download the printable PDF of the tour pamphlet, please click HERE

 

REFERENCES
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Society For Conservation Biology. "Monogamous Animals May Be More Likely To Die Out." ScienceDaily, 27 May 2003. Web. 8 Dec. 2012.
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/05/030527084621.htm>

Barash, David P. "Monogamy Isn't Easy, Naturally." Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2009.
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Hennessy, C., John Dubach, and S. D. Gehrt. "Long-Term Pair Bonding and Genetic Evidence for Monogamy Among Urban Coyotes (Canis latrans)" Mammal Society. Journal of Mammology, 2012. Web. 6. Dec. 2012.
<http://www.mammalsociety.org/articles/long-term-pair-bonding-and-genetic-evidence-monogamy-among-urban-coyotes-canis-latrans>.

Knebusch, Kurt. Ohio State University, 25 Sept. 2012. Web. 6 Dec. 2012.
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Reichard, Ulrich H., and Christophe Boesch. Monogamy: Mating Strategies and Partnerships in Birds, Humans, and Other Mammals. New York: Cambridge UP, 2003. Print.

Suter, Robert. "Monogamy and The Puzzle of Monogamous Males." B Johns, n.d. Web.
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Than, Ker. "Wild Sex: Where Monogamy Is Rare." LiveScience.com. N.p., 20 Nov. 2006.
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Vaughan, Terry A. Mammalogy. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1978.Print.


FURTHER RESOURCES

Barash, David P., and Judith Eve. Lipton. The Myth of Monogamy: Fidelity and Infidelity in Animals and People. New York: W. H. Freeman and, 2001. Print.


BY  
Sarah Weber