How to plot multiple horizontal bars in one chart with matplotlib

Question

Can you help me figure out how to draw this kind of plot with matplotlib?

I have a pandas data frame object representing the table:

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Answer 1

The question and answers are a bit old now. Based on the documentation this is much simpler now.

>>> speed = [0.1, 17.5, 40, 48, 52, 69, 88]
>>> lifespan = [2, 8, 70, 1.5, 25, 12, 28]
>>> index = ['snail', 'pig', 'elephant',
...          'rabbit', 'giraffe', 'coyote', 'horse']
>>> df = pd.DataFrame({'speed': speed,
...                    'lifespan': lifespan}, index=index)
>>> ax = df.plot.barh()