monogamy in mammals

From: Phil Clapham (phillip.clapham@noaa.gov)
Date: Mon Sep 09 2002 - 15:32:42 EDT

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    Very very few! I seem to recall a scientific paper being published
    years ago about monogamy in some kind of shrew, but I dont recall which
    species. Monogamy is more common among birds, though not as common as
    people used to think before DNA analysis allowed them to test paternity!

    LivMD@aol.com wrote:
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    > <PRE>Are there any mammals which are monogamous? Thanks Liv 

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