Re-examining extreme sleep duration in bats: implications for sleep phylogeny, ecology, and function

Bats, quoted as sleeping for up to 20 h a day, are an often used example of extreme sleep duration amongst mammals. Given that duration has historically been one of the primary metrics featured in comparative studies of sleep, it is important that species specific sleep durations are well founded. H...

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Main Authors: Harding, CD, Yovel, Y, Peirson, SN, Hackett, TD, Vyazovskiy, VV
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2022