plotnine.data.msleep

plotnine.data.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 variables

Column	Description
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

Details

Additional variables order, conservation status and vore were added from wikipedia.