Editing Japanese macaque (section)

==== Documented female troop leadership ====
[[Yakei (Japanese macaque)|Yakei]] is a female who rose to leadership of her troop at [[Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden]] in 2021. Her troop consists of 677 Japanese macaque monkeys who live in a sanctuary that was established in 1952 at the zoological garden. At age nine, she overthrew the dominant males in her troop and displaced her high-ranking mother as well. She became the first female leader of the troop during its recorded history of seventy years.<ref>Tumin, Remy, ''[https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/science/japanese-macaque-monkey-alpha-female.html If you like sports, soap operas or primatology, this story is for you]'', Evening Briefing, The New York Times, January 21, 2022</ref> Yakei has retained her leadership position through her first breeding season that had been thought to be a time when she might have been challenged successfully.<ref>Wartik, Nancy; Wolfe, Jonathan, ''[https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/template/oakv2?campaign_id=57&emc=edit_ne_20220407&instance_id=57892&nl=evening-briefing&productCode=NE&regi_id=68634180&segment_id=87820&te=1&uri=nyt%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter%2Ffa572959-654d-5f25-968e-b018583f4c0d&user_id=7ba9d4f960a15368a47b9c698678ed2e The rein of Japan’s monkey queen has just begun]'', Evening Briefing, Number 8, The New York Times, Thursday, April 7, 2022</ref> Both scientific and popular interest is leading to extensive coverage of Yakei's behavior.