0 the most successful and powerful male in any group
However, if an alpha male exhibits a new behavior it may spread rapidly to the rest of the group.
My guess is, relatively minor differences of emphasis and rhetoric plus the good old primate desire to be alpha male, or at least, alpha male's top henchman.
A dominant individual (usually the alpha male) leads the group to easily monopolized resources.
The dominance status of male macaques usually changes when a former alpha male leaves or dies.
Other ways in which status changes is when an alpha male loses his rank or when a troop splits, leaving a new alpha position.
Only the alpha male is ever seen to mate with the female.
Higher-ranking animals get preference for food and resting sites, and the alpha male gets primary mating rights.
It is named after the alpha male of the zoo's lion pride.
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