Chironectes
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Chironectes is a genus of semiaquatic opossums, best known for the water opossum or yapok, which is adapted to life in freshwater habitats of Central and South America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Chironectes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21651932 — 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: Chironectes Context triple: [Didelphimorphia, includesGenus, Chironectes]
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A.
Notiomystis
Notiomystis is a genus of New Zealand honeyeaters, best known for the endangered hihi or stitchbird.
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B.
Pholidornis
Pholidornis is a genus of tiny African birds commonly known as tit-hylia, now often placed in its own family but historically grouped with the Old World warblers.
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C.
Chersophilus
Chersophilus is a small genus of larks, a group of ground-dwelling passerine birds adapted to open habitats.
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D.
Hydrurga
Hydrurga is a monotypic genus of large Antarctic seals best known for its sole species, the predatory leopard seal.
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E.
Pentalagus furnessi
Pentalagus furnessi is the Amami rabbit, a rare, primitive rabbit species endemic to Japan’s Amami Islands and noted for its short ears, dark fur, and conservation concern.
- 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: Chironectes Target entity description: Chironectes is a genus of semiaquatic opossums, best known for the water opossum or yapok, which is adapted to life in freshwater habitats of Central and South America.
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A.
Notiomystis
Notiomystis is a genus of New Zealand honeyeaters, best known for the endangered hihi or stitchbird.
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B.
Pholidornis
Pholidornis is a genus of tiny African birds commonly known as tit-hylia, now often placed in its own family but historically grouped with the Old World warblers.
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C.
Chersophilus
Chersophilus is a small genus of larks, a group of ground-dwelling passerine birds adapted to open habitats.
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D.
Hydrurga
Hydrurga is a monotypic genus of large Antarctic seals best known for its sole species, the predatory leopard seal.
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E.
Pentalagus furnessi
Pentalagus furnessi is the Amami rabbit, a rare, primitive rabbit species endemic to Japan’s Amami Islands and noted for its short ears, dark fur, and conservation concern.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.