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Brain and Body Weights for 62 Species of Land Mammals
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Description
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A data frame with average brain and body weights for 62 species of land
mammals.

Usage
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::

    mammals

Format
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``body``
    body weight in kg.

``brain``
    brain weight in g.

``name``
    Common name of species. (Rock hyrax-a = *Heterohyrax brucci*, Rock
    hyrax-b = *Procavia habessinic.*.)

Source
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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.

References
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Venables, W. N. and Ripley, B. D. (1999) *Modern Applied Statistics with
S-PLUS.* Third Edition. Springer.
