Table 2. Summary of recumbence data for African and Asian zoo elephants.
A t-test was used to test for a difference in the means between species in each of the variables (*P < 0.05).
| Combined (n = 72) | African (n = 44) | Asian (n = 28) | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Daily Recumbence (Hours/Day) | Mean | 2.6 | 2.1 | 3.2 | <0.01 | * |
| Min. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Max. | 7.9 | 3.7 | 7.9 | |||
| S.D. | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | |||
| Mean Nighttime Bout Frequency (Bouts/Night) | Mean | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 0.96 | |
| Min. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Max. | 6.3 | 5.8 | 6.3 | |||
| S.D. | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | |||
| Mean Nighttime Bout Duration (Hours/Bout) | Mean | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | <0.001 | * |
| Min. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Max. | 2.0 | 1.4 | 2.0 | |||
| S.D. | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 |