mammals


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


datasets

Functions and datasets to support Venables and Ripley,
"Modern Applied Statistics with S" (4th edition, 2002).

Brian Ripley

MASS

Support Functions and Datasets for Venables and Ripley's MASS

mammals function

<dl>
 <dt><code>body</code></dt><dd>
 body weight in kg.
 </dd> <dt><code>brain</code></dt><dd>
 brain weight in g.
 </dd> <dt><code>name</code></dt><dd>
 Common name of species.
 (Rock hyrax-a = Heterohyrax brucci,
 Rock hyrax-b = Procavia habessinic..)
 </dd> </dl>

Format

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.

mammals: Brain and Body Weights for 62 Species of Land Mammals

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