Brain and Body Weights for 62 Species of Land Mammals

SUMMARY:

A data frame with average brain and body weights for 62 species of land mammals.

DATA DESCRIPTION:

ARGUMENTS:

body
body weight in kg
brain
brain weight in g
name
Common name of species.
Rock hyrax-a = Heterohyrax brucci.
Rock hyrax-b = Procavia habessinica.

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.