Lycaon pictus
E162088
Lycaon pictus is a highly social, endangered African canid known for its mottled coat, cooperative hunting, and complex pack structure.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lycaon pictus canonical | 6 |
| African wild dog | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1412781 — 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: Lycaon pictus Context triple: [African wild dog, scientificName, Lycaon pictus]
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A.
Lagorchestes
Lagorchestes is a genus of small, fast-moving Australian marsupials commonly known as hare-wallabies, belonging to the kangaroo family.
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B.
Lepus
Lepus is a small southern constellation located just below Orion, traditionally representing a hare.
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C.
Tarsipes rostratus
Tarsipes rostratus, commonly known as the honey possum, is a tiny nectar- and pollen-feeding marsupial native to southwestern Australia, notable for its elongated snout and specialized brush-tipped tongue.
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D.
Ethiopian wolf
The Ethiopian wolf is a rare, slender canid found only in the high-altitude regions of Ethiopia, known as one of the world’s most endangered and specialized wolf species.
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E.
Puma concolor
Puma concolor is a large, solitary wild cat species native to the Americas, commonly known as the cougar, mountain lion, or puma.
- 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: Lycaon pictus Target entity description: Lycaon pictus is a highly social, endangered African canid known for its mottled coat, cooperative hunting, and complex pack structure.
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A.
Lagorchestes
Lagorchestes is a genus of small, fast-moving Australian marsupials commonly known as hare-wallabies, belonging to the kangaroo family.
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B.
Lepus
Lepus is a small southern constellation located just below Orion, traditionally representing a hare.
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C.
Tarsipes rostratus
Tarsipes rostratus, commonly known as the honey possum, is a tiny nectar- and pollen-feeding marsupial native to southwestern Australia, notable for its elongated snout and specialized brush-tipped tongue.
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D.
Ethiopian wolf
The Ethiopian wolf is a rare, slender canid found only in the high-altitude regions of Ethiopia, known as one of the world’s most endangered and specialized wolf species.
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E.
Puma concolor
Puma concolor is a large, solitary wild cat species native to the Americas, commonly known as the cougar, mountain lion, or puma.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canid
ⓘ
mammal ⓘ species ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| binomialName | Lycaon pictus ⓘ |
| bodyLengthHeadAndBody | 75–110 cm ⓘ |
| bodyMassAdult | 18–36 kg ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatColor |
black
ⓘ
brown ⓘ white ⓘ |
| coatPattern | mottled ⓘ |
| commonName |
African painted dog
ⓘ
linked to:
African wild dog
African wild dog ⓘ painted wolf ⓘ |
| communication |
scent marking
ⓘ
vocalizations ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | population declining ⓘ |
| describedBy | Coenraad Jacob Temminck ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| digitNumberPerFoot | four ⓘ |
| earShape | large rounded ears ⓘ |
| family | Canidae ⓘ |
| habitat |
open woodland
ⓘ
savanna ⓘ semi-desert ⓘ |
| huntingStrategy | cooperative hunting ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Endangered ⓘ |
| IUCNStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List
ⓘ
linked to:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| litterSize | up to 10–12 pups or more ⓘ |
| mainThreat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
human persecution ⓘ infectious disease ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
East Africa
ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
linked to:
Sub-Saharan Africa
|
| offspringCare | alloparental care ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| packHierarchy | dominant breeding pair ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Lycaon ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| preysOn | medium-sized ungulates ⓘ |
| reproductiveSystem | cooperative breeding ⓘ |
| runningSpeed | up to about 60 km/h ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | highly social ⓘ |
| socialStructure | pack-living ⓘ |
| tailLength | 30–40 cm ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1820 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Lycaon pictus Description of subject: Lycaon pictus is a highly social, endangered African canid known for its mottled coat, cooperative hunting, and complex pack structure.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lycaon pictus
linked to: Lycaon pictus