Tamiops
E229172
Tamiops is a genus of small striped tree squirrels native to parts of Asia, commonly known as Asiatic striped squirrels.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tamiops canonical | 2 |
| Tamiops maritimus | 1 |
| Tamiops mcclellandii | 1 |
| Tamiops rodolphii | 1 |
| Tamiops swinhoei | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1931435 — 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: Tamiops Context triple: [Callosciurinae, includesTaxon, Tamiops]
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A.
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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B.
Rhinosciurus
Rhinosciurus is a genus of ground-dwelling squirrels known as shrew-faced squirrels, native to Southeast Asian forests.
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C.
Exilisciurus
Exilisciurus is a genus of small Southeast Asian dwarf squirrels in the family Sciuridae.
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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.
Lipotes
Lipotes is a genus of freshwater river dolphins best known for the baiji, a critically endangered or possibly extinct species once native to China’s Yangtze River.
- 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: Tamiops Target entity description: Tamiops is a genus of small striped tree squirrels native to parts of Asia, commonly known as Asiatic striped squirrels.
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A.
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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B.
Rhinosciurus
Rhinosciurus is a genus of ground-dwelling squirrels known as shrew-faced squirrels, native to Southeast Asian forests.
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C.
Exilisciurus
Exilisciurus is a genus of small Southeast Asian dwarf squirrels in the family Sciuridae.
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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.
Lipotes
Lipotes is a genus of freshwater river dolphins best known for the baiji, a critically endangered or possibly extinct species once native to China’s Yangtze River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Sciurinae ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
Asian striped squirrels
ⓘ
Asiatic striped squirrels ⓘ small striped tree squirrels ⓘ |
| diet |
fruits
ⓘ
insects ⓘ omnivorous ⓘ seeds ⓘ |
| distinguishingFeature |
bushy tail
ⓘ
longitudinal stripes on body ⓘ small body size ⓘ |
| family | Sciuridae ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Bhutan
ⓘ
Cambodia ⓘ China ⓘ India ⓘ Laos ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Thailand ⓘ Vietnam ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
|
| habitat |
forests
ⓘ
trees ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Tamiops maritimus
ⓘ
linked to:
Tamiops
Tamiops mcclellandii ⓘ
linked to:
Tamiops
Tamiops rodolphii ⓘ
linked to:
Tamiops
Tamiops swinhoei ⓘ
linked to:
Tamiops
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | arboreal ⓘ |
| movement |
climbing
ⓘ
leaping between trees ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Asia
ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Sciuridae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction |
produces litters of young
ⓘ
viviparous ⓘ |
| subfamily | Sciurinae ⓘ |
| 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
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: Tamiops Description of subject: Tamiops is a genus of small striped tree squirrels native to parts of Asia, commonly known as Asiatic striped squirrels.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tamiops
linked to: Tamiops
linked to: Tamiops
linked to: Tamiops