From: Basal metabolic rate and maternal energetic investment durations in mammals
Gestation | Lactation | Development | |||||
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Order | N | b | a | b | a | b | a |
Artiodactyla | 100 | 0.05 - 0.11 | 54 - 122 | 0.23 - 0.4 | 1 - 10 | 0.11 - 0.19 | 41 - 110 |
Carnivora | 146 | 0.10 - 0.20 | 14 - 46 | 0.04 - 0.2 | 10 - 72 | 0.11 - 0.20 | 27 - 75 |
Primates | 106 | 0.06 - 0.13 | 58 - 106 | 0.33 - 0.51 | 4 - 18 | 0.21 - 0.34 | 29 - 80 |
Rodentia | 105 | 0.06 - 0.13 | 18 - 35 | 0.08 - 0.17 | 14 - 24 | 0.08 - 0.15 | 34 - 57 |
All | 457 | 0.10 - 0.14 | 28 - 53 | 0.15 - 0.23 | 11 - 31 | 0.13 - 0.18 | 41- 75 |