Peromyscus maniculatus is a rodent native to North
America. The deer mouse is small in size, only about 8 to 10
cm long, not counting the length of the tail.
Originally,
the columns of this data frame
represent the sex (m
or f
),
the ages (y
: young, sa
: semi-adult, a
:
adult), the weights in grams, and the capture histories of
38 individuals over 6 trapping occasions (1: captured, 0:
not captured).
The data set was collected by V. Reid and distributed
with the CAPTURE program of Otis et al. (1978).
deermice
has 38 deermice whereas
Perom
had 36 deermice
(Perom
has been withdrawn.)
In deermice
the two semi-adults have been classified
as adults. The sex
variable has 1 for female, and 0
for male.