Last data update: 2014.03.03
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R: Brain and Body Weights for 62 Species of Land Mammals
Brain and Body Weights for 62 Species of Land Mammals
Description
A data frame with average brain and body weights for 62 species
of land mammals.
Usage
mammals
Format
body -
body weight in kg.
brain -
brain weight in g.
name -
Common name of species.
(Rock hyrax-a = Heterohyrax brucci,
Rock hyrax-b = Procavia habessinic..)
Source
Weisberg, S. (1985)
Applied Linear Regression. 2nd edition. Wiley, pp. 144–5.
Selected from:
Allison, T. and Cicchetti, D. V. (1976)
Sleep in mammals: ecological and constitutional correlates.
Science 194, 732–734.
References
Venables, W. N. and Ripley, B. D. (1999)
Modern Applied Statistics with S-PLUS. Third
Edition. Springer.
Results
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