

mammals(MASS)                                R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n_:

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

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s_:

    body: body weight in kg

   brain: brain weight in g

    name: Common name of species.  Rock hyrax-a = Hetero-
          hyrax brucci.  Rock hyrax-b = Procavia
          habessinica.

_F_o_r_m_a_t_:

_S_o_u_r_c_e_:

     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 corre-
     lates.  Science 194, 732-734.

