The Mirak was a feline-like species of the Beta Quadrant. They were noted allies of the Hydran Kingdom and longstanding enemies of the Lyran Star Empire. Their government was the Mirak Star League. (TOS video game: Starfleet Command Volume II: Empires at War) They were notable to have a developed survival instinct and, also, their misogyny was legendary. Pazzo told Susan Cardinell that the Mirak sentience gene was in the Y-chromosome, which meant sentience was an holandric trait, just as it was with the Kzinti. (RIS Bouteina: "Marianela")