South China tiger
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The South China tiger is a critically endangered and possibly extinct-in-the-wild subspecies of tiger once native to southern China, known for its relatively small size and historical role in Chinese culture and folklore.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| South China tiger canonical | 5 |
| Panthera tigris amoyensis | 2 |
| Southern China Tigers | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4092552 — 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: South China tiger Context triple: [Tiger, hasSubspecies, South China tiger]
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A.
Indochinese tiger
The Indochinese tiger is a critically endangered tiger subspecies native to the forests of Southeast Asia, known for its relatively small size and darker, closely spaced stripes.
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B.
Sumatran tiger
The Sumatran tiger is a critically endangered, small-bodied subspecies of tiger native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, known for its dark, closely spaced stripes and unique adaptation to dense tropical forests.
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C.
Amur tiger
The Amur tiger, also known as the Siberian tiger, is the largest living cat species, native to the forests of the Russian Far East and parts of Northeast Asia and renowned for its thick fur and cold-adapted physique.
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D.
Amur leopard
The Amur leopard is a critically endangered leopard subspecies native to the temperate forests of the Russian Far East and northeastern China, renowned as one of the rarest big cats in the world.
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E.
Javan leopard
The Javan leopard is a critically endangered leopard subspecies endemic to the Indonesian island of Java, known for its elusive behavior and highly threatened forest habitat.
- 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: South China tiger Target entity description: The South China tiger is a critically endangered and possibly extinct-in-the-wild subspecies of tiger once native to southern China, known for its relatively small size and historical role in Chinese culture and folklore.
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A.
Indochinese tiger
The Indochinese tiger is a critically endangered tiger subspecies native to the forests of Southeast Asia, known for its relatively small size and darker, closely spaced stripes.
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B.
Sumatran tiger
The Sumatran tiger is a critically endangered, small-bodied subspecies of tiger native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, known for its dark, closely spaced stripes and unique adaptation to dense tropical forests.
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C.
Amur tiger
The Amur tiger, also known as the Siberian tiger, is the largest living cat species, native to the forests of the Russian Far East and parts of Northeast Asia and renowned for its thick fur and cold-adapted physique.
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D.
Amur leopard
The Amur leopard is a critically endangered leopard subspecies native to the temperate forests of the Russian Far East and northeastern China, renowned as one of the rarest big cats in the world.
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E.
Javan leopard
The Javan leopard is a critically endangered leopard subspecies endemic to the Indonesian island of Java, known for its elusive behavior and highly threatened forest habitat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
carnivore
ⓘ
felid ⓘ mammal ⓘ tiger subspecies ⓘ |
| activityPattern | primarily nocturnal ⓘ |
| bodyMassComparedToOtherTigers | relatively small ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatPattern | orange coat with black stripes ⓘ |
| commonName |
Chinese tiger
ⓘ
South China tiger ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Critically Endangered ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List
ⓘ
linked to:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
|
| culturalSignificance |
featured in Chinese folklore
ⓘ
important in Chinese culture ⓘ |
| describedBy | Max Hilzheimer ⓘ |
| diet |
deer
ⓘ
large ungulates ⓘ wild boar ⓘ |
| family | Felidae ⓘ |
| genus | Panthera ⓘ |
| habitat |
mountainous regions
ⓘ
subtropical forests ⓘ |
| historicalRange |
lower Yangtze River basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Yangtze River Delta
south-central China ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Fujian Province
ⓘ
linked to:
Fujian
Guangdong Province ⓘ Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ⓘ
linked to:
Guangxi Province
Hunan Province ⓘ Jiangxi Province ⓘ Zhejiang Province ⓘ southern China ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Panthera tigris ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| populationTrend | decreasing ⓘ |
| possiblyExtinctInTheWild | true ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| reproductiveStrategy | viviparous ⓘ |
| scientificName |
Panthera tigris amoyensis
ⓘ
linked to:
South China tiger
|
| subjectOf |
captive breeding programs in China
ⓘ
rewilding projects in South Africa ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
bravery in Chinese culture
ⓘ
power in Chinese culture ⓘ |
| taxonRank | subspecies ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
human–wildlife conflict ⓘ overhunting ⓘ prey depletion ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1905 ⓘ |
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: South China tiger Description of subject: The South China tiger is a critically endangered and possibly extinct-in-the-wild subspecies of tiger once native to southern China, known for its relatively small size and historical role in Chinese culture and folklore.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Tigers
linked to: South China tiger
linked to: South China tiger
linked to: South China tiger