Why do few animal species have female-dominant hierarchies?

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The only one I can think are elephants.

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If you look at insects tat live in colonies like ants or bees they are the queen and sterile female female workers. They have a few fertile male drones that mates with new queens. So the are female dominant and almost female exclusive species.

Closer to use you have Bonobos that was known in the past as pygmy chimpanzee that are lead by females.
Female Spotted Hyenas are larger then the males and dominate the groups.
Meerkats, Mole Rats and Killer Whales are other examples.

So it is not that few but in most case it is like the other post say that the males is larger and more dominant.
Most species of animal do not live in hierarchies or live alone so you do not have a dominant sex.

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