msleep {ggplot2} | R Documentation

## 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.

### Usage

    msleep

### Format

A data frame with 83 rows and 11 variables

- 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.

[Package ggplot2 version 2.1.0 Index]