# Published in # Max Kleiber, BODY SIZE AND METABOLIC RATE, Physiological Reviews 1947 27:4, 511-541 # Table 2 a. Data used for calculation of regression line # Body Mass v/s Metabolic rate per day Group Animal kg kcal Author 1 Mouse 0.021 3.6 Benedict and Lee, 1936 2 Rat 0.282 28.1 Kleiber, unpubl. 3 Guinea pig 0.410 35.1 Benedict, 1938 4 Rabbit 2.98 167 Tomme and Loria, 1936 5 Rabbit 1.52 83 R. Lee, 1939 6 Rabbit 2.46 119 R. Lee, 1939 7 Rabbit 3.57 164 R. Lee, 1939 8 Rabbit 4.33 191 R. Lee, 1939 9 Rabbit 5.33 233 R. Lee, 1939 10 Cat 3.00 152 Benedict, 1938 11 Macaque 4.2 207 Benedict, 1938 12 Dog 6.6 288 Galvão, 1942 13 Dog 14.1 534 Galvão, 1942 14 Dog 24.8 875 Galvão, 1942 15 Dog 23.6 872 de Beer and Hjort, 1938 16 Goat 36.0 800 Benedict, 1938 17 Chimpanzee 38.0 1090 Bruhn and Benedict, 1936 18 Sheep ♂ 46.4 1254 Lines and Peirce, 1931 19 Sheep ♀ 46.8 1330 Lines and Peirce, 1931 20 Woman 57.2 1368 McKittrick, 1936 21 Woman 54.8 1224 Lewis, Iliff and Duval, 1943 22 Woman 57.9 1320 McCrery, Wolf and Bavousett, 1940 23 cow 300 4221 Benedict and Ritzman, 1935 24 cow 435 8166 Kleiber, Regan and Mead, 1945 25 Beef heifers 482 7754 Kleiber, Goss and Guilbert, 1936 26 cow 600 7877 Benedict and Ritzman, 1935