That was more than I wrote, was going to leave it up to Jacin if they wanted to hear more, so thanks for typing it all out, Fluffy!From what I know, they are ruled by a matriarch. I know a tad more about hyenas, where there is the alpha female, and all the males rank below the lowest ranking female. The offspring of every female automatically has her rank (or at least until maturity). I think meerkats work slightly differently, with possibly only the matriarch producing offspring all the other females are tasked with raising