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A data set of body and brain mass for 33 species of pinniped (seals, sea lions and walruses) along with the type of mating system for that species.
data("pinniped")
A data frame with 33 observations on the following 6 variables.
Species
Binomial species name
Male_brain_g
Brain mass for males in g
Female_brain_g
Brain mass for females in g
Male_mass_Kg
Body mass for males in Kg
Female_mass_Kg
Body mass for females in Kg
Mate_type
Mating system: mono = monogynous, poly = polygynous
Fitzpatrick, J.L., Almbro, M., Gonzalez-Voyer, A., Hamada, S., Pennington, C., Scanlan, J. & Kolm, N. (2012) Sexual selection uncouples the evolution of brain and body size in pinnipeds. Journal of evolutionary biology, 25, 1321-1330.
# NOT RUN { data(pinniped) str(pinniped) # }
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