Onychogalea
E150407
Onychogalea is a genus of small Australian marsupials known as nail-tail wallabies, distinguished by the horny spur at the tip of their tails.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Onychogalea canonical | 3 |
| Onychogalea lunata | 3 |
| Onychogalea unguifera | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1318295 — 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: Onychogalea Context triple: [Macropodidae, containsGenus, Onychogalea]
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A.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
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B.
Pleistrus
Pleistrus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of Helen of Troy.
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C.
Enosichthon
Enosichthon is an epithet of the Greek god Poseidon that emphasizes his power as the earth-shaker and bringer of earthquakes.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Onychogalea Target entity description: Onychogalea is a genus of small Australian marsupials known as nail-tail wallabies, distinguished by the horny spur at the tip of their tails.
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A.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
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B.
Pleistrus
Pleistrus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of Helen of Troy.
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C.
Enosichthon
Enosichthon is an epithet of the Greek god Poseidon that emphasizes his power as the earth-shaker and bringer of earthquakes.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ species ⓘ species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Macropodidae ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
bridled nail-tail wallaby
ⓘ
crescent nail-tail wallaby ⓘ nail-tail wallabies ⓘ northern nail-tail wallaby ⓘ |
| conservationStatus |
endangered
ⓘ
extinct ⓘ least concern ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Onychogalea fraenata
ⓘ
Onychogalea lunata ⓘ
linked to:
Onychogalea
Onychogalea unguifera ⓘ
linked to:
Onychogalea
|
| describedBy | John Edward Gray ⓘ |
| diet |
grasses
ⓘ
herbs ⓘ shrubs ⓘ |
| distribution | Australia ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Australia ⓘ |
| family | Macropodidae ⓘ |
| habitat |
arid and semi-arid regions
ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ open woodlands ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
herbivorous diet
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horny spur at tip of tail ⓘ nocturnal or crepuscular activity ⓘ saltatorial locomotion ⓘ small macropod marsupials ⓘ |
| hasTailFeature | keratinous spur at tail tip ⓘ |
| infraclass | Marsupialia ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | hopping ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Australia ⓘ |
| notableFeature | tail spur used as diagnostic taxonomic character ⓘ |
| order | Diprotodontia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | gives birth to underdeveloped young carried in pouch ⓘ |
| subfamily | Macropodinae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Onychogalea Description of subject: Onychogalea is a genus of small Australian marsupials known as nail-tail wallabies, distinguished by the horny spur at the tip of their tails.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Onychogalea
linked to: Onychogalea
linked to: Onychogalea
linked to: Onychogalea