The main pivot on which the entire superstructure of Khasi society rests is the matriarchal system.

Since leadership was hereditary, the peasant class was given a matriarchal system.

A matriarchal system is particularly pronounced in Coquerel's sifaka.

The Arakkal family followed a matriarchal system of descent: the eldest member of the family, whether male or female, became its head and ruler.

This matriarchal system operates in the African elephant where it is the dominant cow that leads the herd.

Voudoun easily becomes a matriarchal system when a strong priestess line emerges, for a mamaloa can inherently possess more power than a bokor.

The Neanderthal society, based on a matriarchal system, is drawn as peace loving with elaborate social rituals designed to resolve problems.

The reason for this system was that under the matriarchal system women had property rights and children inherited from their mothers and not their fathers.

Hua (2001) has theorized that the matriarchal system of the Mosuo lower classes was enforced by the nobility to neutralize threats to their power.

Burma once had a matriarchal system that includes the exclusive right to inherit oil wells and the right to inherit the position as village head.