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Five adult and subadult sons of middle- and low-ranking female rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) were observed to hold high dominance rank in their natal groups during a 12-month study at Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico. Three of these males also experienced high mating success during at least one mating season. These findings contrast with all previously published accounts of rank acquisition by natal male rhesus macaques in provisioned colonies, and they present a challenge to the hypothesis that natal transfer functions to increase male access to fertile females.
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Manson, J.H. Sons of low-ranking female rhesus macaques can attain high dominance rank in their natal groups. Primates 34, 285–288 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02382622
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