msleep: 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.format
A data frame with 83 rows and 11 variablesDetails
Additional variables order, conservation status and vore
were added from wikipedia.
- 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