Data was taken from the Statistics 100 course taught at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign. For further information about the data, see theSTAT 100 at UIUC Web Page
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Average brain and body weights for 27 species of land animals.
VARIABLES:
Observations = 27; Variables = 2
SOURCE:
Rousseeuw, P.J. & Leroy, A.M. (1987) Robust Regression and Outlier Detection. Wiley, p. 57.
| Animal | Body Weight | Brain Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain beaver | 1.35 | 465 |
| Cow | 465 | 423 |
| Grey wolf | 36.33 | 119.5 |
| Goat | 27.66 | 115 |
| Guinea pig | 1.04 | 5.5 |
| Dipliodocus | 11700 | 50 |
| Asian elephant | 2547 | 4603 |
| Donkey | 187.1 | 419 |
| Horse | 521 | 655 |
| Potar monkey | 10 | 115 |
| Cat | 3.3 | 25.6 |
| Giraffe | 529 | 680 |
| Gorilla | 207 | 406 |
| Human | 62 | 1320 |
| African elephant | 6654 | 5712 |
| Triceratops | 9400 | 70 |
| Rhesus monkey | 6.8 | 179 |
| Kangaroo | 35 | 56 |
| Golden hamster | 0.12 | 1 |
| Mouse | 0.023 | 0.4 |
| Rabbit | 2.5 | 12.1 |
| Sheep | 55.5 | 175 |
| Jaguar | 100 | 157 |
| Chimpanzee | 52.16 | 440 |
| Brachiosaurus | 87000 | 154.5 |
| Mole | 0.122 | 3 |
| Pig | 192 | 180 |