Sleep in Mammals

Taxonomic Group	Mammals
Level of Organization	Species
Scale	Global
Data Type	Compilation

This dataset compiles brain and body weight, life span, gestation time, time sleeping, and predation and danger indices for 62 mammals.

Dataset Location: http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/datasets/sleep

Comments: Overall time spent sleeping is broken down into slow-wave and paradoxical sleep.

Citation:  Allison, Truett and Cicchetti, Domenic V. (1976), “Sleep in Mammals: Ecological and Constitutional Correlates”, Science, November 12, vol. 194, pp. 732-734.