Exilisciurus
E218114
Exilisciurus is a genus of small Southeast Asian dwarf squirrels in the family Sciuridae.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Exilisciurus canonical | 3 |
| Exilisciurus exilis | 2 |
| Rubrisciurus | 2 |
| Exilisciurus concinnus | 1 |
| Exilisciurus whiteheadi | 1 |
| Nannosciurus | 1 |
| Rheithrosciurus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1931426 — 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: Exilisciurus Context triple: [Callosciurinae, includesTaxon, Exilisciurus]
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A.
Nesospiza
Nesospiza is a small genus of seed-eating tanagers endemic to the Tristan da Cunha archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean.
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B.
Urocitellus
Urocitellus is a genus of ground squirrels native to North America, known for their burrowing behavior and adaptation to open grassland and steppe habitats.
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C.
Pteromys
Pteromys is a genus of flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle across parts of Europe and Asia.
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D.
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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E.
Ratiaria
Ratiaria was a prominent Roman city and military center on the Danube frontier in the province of Moesia (later Dacia Ripensis), known for its strategic and administrative importance.
- 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: Exilisciurus Target entity description: Exilisciurus is a genus of small Southeast Asian dwarf squirrels in the family Sciuridae.
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A.
Nesospiza
Nesospiza is a small genus of seed-eating tanagers endemic to the Tristan da Cunha archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean.
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B.
Urocitellus
Urocitellus is a genus of ground squirrels native to North America, known for their burrowing behavior and adaptation to open grassland and steppe habitats.
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C.
Pteromys
Pteromys is a genus of flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle across parts of Europe and Asia.
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D.
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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E.
Ratiaria
Ratiaria was a prominent Roman city and military center on the Danube frontier in the province of Moesia (later Dacia Ripensis), known for its strategic and administrative importance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| bodySize | small ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | dwarf squirrels ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Exilisciurus concinnus
ⓘ
linked to:
Exilisciurus
Exilisciurus exilis ⓘ
linked to:
Exilisciurus
Exilisciurus whiteheadi ⓘ
linked to:
Exilisciurus
|
| diet |
fruits
ⓘ
insects ⓘ omnivorous ⓘ seeds ⓘ |
| distribution | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| family | Sciuridae ⓘ |
| habitat |
subtropical forests
ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
arboreal
ⓘ
diurnal ⓘ |
| isA | squirrel genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| memberOf | Sciuridae ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| subfamily | Sciurinae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| vernacularName | dwarf squirrels ⓘ |
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: Exilisciurus Description of subject: Exilisciurus is a genus of small Southeast Asian dwarf squirrels in the family Sciuridae.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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