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Allison, T., Gerber, S. D., Breedlove, S. M., & Dryden, G. L. (1977). A Behavioral And Polygraphic Study Of Sleep In The Shrews Suncus Murinus, Blarina Brevicauda, And Cryptotis Parva. Behavioral Biology, 20(3), 354-366.


Study
Species Name: Blarina Brevicauda Common Name: Greater Short-tailed Shrew
Sex: F Age Class: N/A
Number of Animals: 1 Animals in Mean: 1
Animals Sampled: 1 Age Average: N/A
Lab Conditions
EEG or ECoG Used: No Temperature: No
Recording Length: 3 (24 hour recording period) Light Conditions: Normal light/dark conditions
Animal Allowed to Adapt: No Animal Restrained: N/A
Tested in Wild: No Diet: Normal
Behavioral Sleep Recorded: 1 Lab Condition Score: 7
Sleep data (times in hours, unless otherwise specified)
Daily Sleep Time: 14.9 Daily Sleep Time Adjusted for Drowsiness: 5.9
Daily REM/Paradoxical Sleep Time: 2.3 Quiet/Non-REM Sleep Sleep Time: 12.6
Sleep Cycle Length in Minutes: 7.6 Monophasic or Polyphasic Sleep: Poly