Pecari
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Pecari is a genus of New World peccaries, medium-sized pig-like mammals native to the Americas.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pecari canonical | 3 |
| collared peccary | 2 |
| collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1997622 — 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: Pecari Context triple: [Tayassuidae, includesGenus, Pecari]
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A.
Pongo
Pongo is the genus of great apes commonly known as orangutans, native to the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra.
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B.
Pecari tajacu
Pecari tajacu, commonly known as the collared peccary or javelina, is a medium-sized, pig-like hoofed mammal native to the Americas, inhabiting a range of environments from deserts to tropical forests.
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C.
Ratufa
Ratufa is a genus of large, colorful Old World giant squirrels native to the forests of South and Southeast Asia.
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D.
Hydropotes inermis
Hydropotes inermis, commonly known as the water deer, is a small East Asian deer species notable for its lack of antlers and prominent tusk-like canine teeth.
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E.
Malabar civet
The Malabar civet is a critically endangered, nocturnal small carnivore endemic to India and known for its elusive behavior and highly restricted range in the Western Ghats region.
- 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: Pecari Target entity description: Pecari is a genus of New World peccaries, medium-sized pig-like mammals native to the Americas.
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A.
Pongo
Pongo is the genus of great apes commonly known as orangutans, native to the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra.
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B.
Pecari tajacu
Pecari tajacu, commonly known as the collared peccary or javelina, is a medium-sized, pig-like hoofed mammal native to the Americas, inhabiting a range of environments from deserts to tropical forests.
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C.
Ratufa
Ratufa is a genus of large, colorful Old World giant squirrels native to the forests of South and Southeast Asia.
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D.
Hydropotes inermis
Hydropotes inermis, commonly known as the water deer, is a small East Asian deer species notable for its lack of antlers and prominent tusk-like canine teeth.
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E.
Malabar civet
The Malabar civet is a critically endangered, nocturnal small carnivore endemic to India and known for its elusive behavior and highly restricted range in the Western Ghats region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
collared peccary
ⓘ
peccaries ⓘ |
| describedAs |
New World peccaries
ⓘ
medium-sized pig-like mammals ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| family | Tayassuidae ⓘ |
| habitat |
dry forests
ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ scrublands ⓘ tropical forests ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
bristly coat
ⓘ
even-toed ungulate ⓘ hoofed mammal ⓘ short legs ⓘ specialized scent glands ⓘ stout body ⓘ |
| hasSpecies | Pecari tajacu ⓘ |
| isNot | true pig ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Americas
ⓘ
North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Pecari
ⓘ
Tayassuidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| resembles | pigs ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | gregarious ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Pecari tajacu ⓘ |
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: Pecari Description of subject: Pecari is a genus of New World peccaries, medium-sized pig-like mammals native to the Americas.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.