How can I breed a male Nidoran?

So I am kind of new to breeding and I have been looking all over for answers on how to breed a male Nidoran and a female Nidoran without using ditto…and everyone’s answers I saw kind have seemed confusing :(

Does anyone have any simple answers on what pokes I put together to breed for a male Nidoran and a what pokes go together for a female nidoran?

(Besides using ditto what pokes breed for male and or female Nidoran?)

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To start, a recap of basic breeding matchup rules:

Now, the two ways that the Nidoran lines are different to others:

Now, a list of breeding matchups based on all this information:

So, in summary: you can hatch Nidoran-M by breeding Nidoran-F with anything compatible (including Nidoran-M), or by breeding Nidoran-M, Nidorino, or Nidoking with Ditto. You cannot guarantee hatching Nidoran-M and not Nidoran-F, except using the latter method in Gen 2 to 4.

More info

Nidoran♂ and Nidoran♀ are in the Field and Monster egg groups. So any Pokémon in those egg groups (especially those I just mentioned) can breed. Just DO NOT breed their evolutions, Nidorino/Nidoking and Nidorina/Nidoqueen respectively, as they are in the Undiscovered egg group and cannot breed.