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What are some kinds of animals where the female is the larger of the two?

Posted at: 2014-11-15 
Sac-winged bat

Taphozous perforatus - Egyptian tomb bat

Stenoderm rufum - Red fruit-eating bat

Ametrida centurio - Gray's lesser wrinkled-face bat

Pipastrellus spp. - Pipistrell

Common Marmoset - Callithrix jacchus

white-tailed jackrabbit - Lepus townsendii

black-tailed jackrabbit - Lepus californicus

eastern cottontail - Sylvilagus floridanus

southern flying squirrel - Glaucomys volans

golden hamster or Syrian hamster - Mesocricetus auratus

long-tailed chinchilla - Chinchilla lanigera

There a number of whales species to add to the list including:

humpback whale - Megaptera novaeangliae

blue whale - Balaenoptera musculus

Crocuta crocuta - Spotted hyena

Hydrurga leptonyx - Leopard seal

Leptonychotes weddelli - Weddell seal

Females are larger in birds of prey and in all boa and python species. It's also common among amphibians for the female to be the larger sex. It's rarer in mammals, but a famous one is the spotted hyena. The female is not only bigger than the male, but all females are dominant over all males. Even the lowest-ranked female is dominant over the highest-ranked male. The female also has a large, erectile clitoris that resembles a penis - they were once thought to be hermaphrodites.

In most birds of prey, the female is larger than the male.

When the eggs or chicks are in the nest, she will most likely stay home with them, and has to be able to fight off any predators that come after them. Meanwhile the male goes out hunting and brings food to the nest.

Eagles, hawks, falcons, owls, etc.

There are many.

Turtles.

Some lizards.

Many kinds of fish.

Hawks and eagles.

Many spiders.

Many bats.