Dasyurus
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Dasyurus is a genus of carnivorous marsupials known as quolls, native to Australia and New Guinea.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dasyurus canonical | 4 |
| Dasyurus viverrinus | 2 |
| Dasyurus albopunctatus | 1 |
| Dasyurus geoffroii | 1 |
| Dasyurus hallucatus | 1 |
| Dasyurus macleayi | 1 |
| Dasyurus maculatus | 1 |
| Dasyurus spartacus | 1 |
| spotted-tailed quoll | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7260739 — 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: Dasyurus Context triple: [Dasyuromorphia, includesGenus, Dasyurus]
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A.
Pseudocheirus
Pseudocheirus is a genus of arboreal, nocturnal ringtail possums native to Australia and nearby regions.
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B.
Thylacomyidae
Thylacomyidae is a family of small, nocturnal marsupials known as bilbies, native to arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.
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C.
Macropus
Macropus is a genus of large marsupials that includes many of the best-known kangaroo and wallaby species native to Australia.
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D.
Thylacinidae
Thylacinidae is an extinct family of carnivorous marsupials best known for the thylacine or Tasmanian tiger, once native to Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea.
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E.
Tasmanian devil
The Tasmanian devil is a carnivorous marsupial native to Tasmania, known for its powerful jaws, loud screeches, and status as the world’s largest surviving marsupial carnivore.
- 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: Dasyurus Target entity description: Dasyurus is a genus of carnivorous marsupials known as quolls, native to Australia and New Guinea.
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A.
Pseudocheirus
Pseudocheirus is a genus of arboreal, nocturnal ringtail possums native to Australia and nearby regions.
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B.
Thylacomyidae
Thylacomyidae is a family of small, nocturnal marsupials known as bilbies, native to arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.
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C.
Macropus
Macropus is a genus of large marsupials that includes many of the best-known kangaroo and wallaby species native to Australia.
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D.
Thylacinidae
Thylacinidae is an extinct family of carnivorous marsupials best known for the thylacine or Tasmanian tiger, once native to Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea.
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E.
Tasmanian devil
The Tasmanian devil is a carnivorous marsupial native to Tasmania, known for its powerful jaws, loud screeches, and status as the world’s largest surviving marsupial carnivore.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| belongsToInfraClass | Marsupialia ⓘ |
| belongsToSubclass | Theria ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
native cat
ⓘ
quoll ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | many species threatened ⓘ |
| describedBy |
Georges Cuvier
ⓘ
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1796 ⓘ |
| diet |
carrion
ⓘ
invertebrates ⓘ small vertebrates ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
Australasia
ⓘ
linked to:
Oceania
|
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| etymologyLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| etymologyMeaning | hairy tail ⓘ |
| family | Dasyuridae ⓘ |
| geologicalTimeOfOrigin | Pleistocene or earlier ⓘ |
| habitat |
forests
ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Dasyurus albopunctatus
ⓘ
linked to:
Dasyurus
Dasyurus geoffroii ⓘ
linked to:
Dasyurus
Dasyurus hallucatus ⓘ
linked to:
Dasyurus
Dasyurus macleayi ⓘ
linked to:
Dasyurus
Dasyurus maculatus ⓘ
linked to:
Dasyurus
Dasyurus spartacus ⓘ
linked to:
Dasyurus
Dasyurus viverrinus ⓘ
linked to:
Dasyurus
|
| hasVernacularNameLanguage | English ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Australia
ⓘ
New Guinea ⓘ Tasmania ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
partially arboreal behavior
ⓘ
pointed snout ⓘ spotted coat pattern ⓘ |
| order | Dasyuromorphia ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Dasyuridae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductiveType | marsupial ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| trophicGuild | carnivore ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Dasyurus viverrinus ⓘ |
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: Dasyurus Description of subject: Dasyurus is a genus of carnivorous marsupials known as quolls, native to Australia and New Guinea.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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