Lasiorhinus latifrons
E147877
Lasiorhinus latifrons is the southern hairy-nosed wombat, a burrowing herbivorous marsupial native to arid regions of southern Australia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lasiorhinus latifrons canonical | 5 |
| Lasiorhinus krefftii | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1297413 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lasiorhinus latifrons Context triple: [Diprotodontia, includesTaxon, Lasiorhinus latifrons]
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A.
Hesperethusa
Hesperethusa is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae, known for species such as Hesperethusa crenulata (also called Limonia crenulata) that are native to South and Southeast Asia.
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B.
Cypholophus
Cypholophus is a genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, comprising species native to parts of Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
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C.
Oreortyx
Oreortyx is a small genus of New World quails best known for the mountain quail, a ground-dwelling game bird native to western North America.
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D.
Clytoneus
Clytoneus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as one of the sons of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey.
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E.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lasiorhinus latifrons Target entity description: Lasiorhinus latifrons is the southern hairy-nosed wombat, a burrowing herbivorous marsupial native to arid regions of southern Australia.
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A.
Hesperethusa
Hesperethusa is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae, known for species such as Hesperethusa crenulata (also called Limonia crenulata) that are native to South and Southeast Asia.
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B.
Cypholophus
Cypholophus is a genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, comprising species native to parts of Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
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C.
Oreortyx
Oreortyx is a small genus of New World quails best known for the mountain quail, a ground-dwelling game bird native to western North America.
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D.
Clytoneus
Clytoneus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as one of the sons of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey.
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E.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
marsupial
ⓘ
species ⓘ wombat ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| adaptation |
efficient water conservation
ⓘ
low metabolic rate ⓘ teeth adapted for grinding tough grasses ⓘ |
| behavior | burrowing ⓘ |
| bodyLength | about 77 to 93 centimetres ⓘ |
| bodyMass | about 20 to 32 kilograms ⓘ |
| builds | extensive burrow systems ⓘ |
| burrowType | warren ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Lasiorhinus krefftii
ⓘ
linked to:
Lasiorhinus
|
| commonName |
southern hairy nosed wombat
ⓘ
southern hairy-nosed wombat ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Near Threatened ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List
ⓘ
linked to:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
|
| describedBy | Richard Owen ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| eats |
bark
ⓘ
grasses ⓘ roots ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Australia ⓘ |
| family | Vombatidae ⓘ |
| foundIn | arid regions of southern Australia ⓘ |
| furColor | grey-brown ⓘ |
| furType | coarse ⓘ |
| genus | Lasiorhinus ⓘ |
| habitat |
arid woodland margins
ⓘ
semi-arid grasslands ⓘ shrublands ⓘ |
| hasTeethType | ever-growing incisors ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | fossorial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Australia
ⓘ
New South Wales ⓘ South Australia ⓘ Western Australia ⓘ |
| order | Diprotodontia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| pouchOrientation | backward-opening pouch ⓘ |
| rangeCoreArea |
Murraylands region of South Australia
ⓘ
linked to:
Murray and Mallee region
|
| reproductiveMode |
marsupial pouch development
ⓘ
viviparous ⓘ |
| socialStructure | colonial ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1845 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lasiorhinus latifrons Description of subject: Lasiorhinus latifrons is the southern hairy-nosed wombat, a burrowing herbivorous marsupial native to arid regions of southern Australia.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lasiorhinus latifrons