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  2. List of dominance hierarchy species - Wikipedia

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    The results indicated that alpha male Capuchin are the preferred mate for adult females. However, only the alpha females had strong interactions with the alpha males by virtue of a dominance hierarchy among the females in which only the most dominant and strong females were able to interact with the alpha male. [4]

  3. Dominance hierarchy - Wikipedia

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    In the zoological field of ethology, a dominance hierarchy (formerly and colloquially called a pecking order) is a type of social hierarchy that arises when members of animal social groups interact, creating a ranking system. A dominant higher-ranking individual is sometimes called an alpha, and a submissive lower-ranking individual is called a ...

  4. Clade - Wikipedia

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    In the diagram, lemurs and lorises are sister clades, while humans and tarsiers are not. A clade A is basal to a clade B if A branches off the lineage leading to B before the first branch leading only to members of B. In the adjacent diagram, the strepsirrhine/prosimian clade, is basal to the hominoids/ape clade. In this example, both ...

  5. Taxonomic rank - Wikipedia

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    Taxonomic rank is a classification level in biological taxonomy, such as species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, and kingdom.

  6. Linnaean taxonomy - Wikipedia

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    Species can be placed in a ranked hierarchy, starting with either domains or kingdoms. Domains are divided into kingdoms . Kingdoms are divided into phyla (singular: phylum ) — for animals ; the term division , used for plants and fungi , is equivalent to the rank of phylum (and the current International Code of Botanical Nomenclature allows ...

  7. Dominance signal - Wikipedia

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    Visual communication is a common dominance signal among animals. They are an effective modality as they come at a low cost to the animal and minimize risk. The Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum) for example, express bright orange splotches during territorial conflict to warn competitors that they are poisonous, and thus assert their dominance over a territory.

  8. Cladogram - Wikipedia

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    A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms. A cladogram is not, however, an evolutionary tree because it does not show how ancestors are related to descendants, nor does it show how much they have changed, so many differing evolutionary trees can be ...

  9. Outline of zoology - Wikipedia

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    The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to zoology: . Zoology – study of animals.Zoology, or "animal biology", is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the identification, structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems.