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An updated and expanded version of the mammals sleep dataset.
Description
This is an updated and expanded version of the mammals sleep dataset. Updated sleep times and weights were taken from V. M. Savage and G. B. West. A quantitative, theoretical framework for understanding mammalian sleep. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104 (3):1051-1056, 2007.
Usage
msleep
Format
A data frame with 83 rows and 11 variables
name. common name
genus.
vore. carnivore, omnivore or herbivore?
order.
conservation. the conservation status of the animal
sleep_total. total amount of sleep, in hours
sleep_rem. rem sleep, in hours
sleep_cycle. length of sleep cycle, in hours
awake. amount of time spent awake, in hours
brainwt. brain weight in kilograms
bodywt. body weight in kilograms
Details
Additional variables order, conservation status and vore were added from wikipedia.