Editing Capuchin monkey (section)

=== Mating ===

Capuchin females often direct most of their proceptive and mating behavior towards the alpha male. However, when the female reaches the end of her proceptive period, she may sometimes mate with up to six different subordinate males in one day.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Janson | first1 = C. H. | year = 1984 | title = Female choice and mating system of the brown capuchin monkey ''Cebus apella'' (Primates: Cebidae) | journal = Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie | volume = 65 | issue = 3| pages = 177–200 | doi=10.1111/j.1439-0310.1984.tb00098.x| bibcode = 1984Ethol..65..177J }}</ref> Strictly targeting the alpha male does not happen every time, as some females have been observed to mate with three to four different males.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Lynch | first1 = J. W. | year = 1998 | title = Mating behavior in wild tufted capuchins (''Cebus apella nigritus'') in Brazil's Atlantic forest | journal = Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. | volume = 105 | issue = Suppl. 26 | doi = 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(1998)26+<148::AID-AJPA13>3.0.CO;2-U | page = 153 }}</ref> When an alpha female and a lower-ranking female want to mate with an alpha male, the more dominant female will get rights to the male over the lower-ranking one.