Mungos mungo
E687049
Mungos mungo is the banded mongoose, a small, social African carnivore known for living in cooperative groups and inhabiting savannas and open woodlands.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mungos mungo canonical | 2 |
| Mungos | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7764295 — 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: Mungos mungo Context triple: [Herpestidae, includes, Mungos mungo]
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A.
Muddonna
Muddonna is the costumed female mascot of the Toledo Mud Hens minor league baseball team, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
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B.
Munnik
Munnik is a given name associated with J. B. M. Hertzog, a prominent early 20th-century South African prime minister and political leader.
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C.
Mongibello
Mongibello is a traditional name used in Italian and Sicilian contexts to refer to Mount Etna, the large active volcano on the east coast of Sicily.
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D.
Daju Mongo
Daju Mongo is a Daju language spoken primarily in Chad and Sudan, belonging to the Eastern Sudanic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family.
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E.
Mucho Maas
Mucho Maas is a troubled California disc jockey and the husband of protagonist Oedipa Maas in Thomas Pynchon's novel "The Crying of Lot 49."
- 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: Mungos mungo Target entity description: Mungos mungo is the banded mongoose, a small, social African carnivore known for living in cooperative groups and inhabiting savannas and open woodlands.
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A.
Muddonna
Muddonna is the costumed female mascot of the Toledo Mud Hens minor league baseball team, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
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B.
Munnik
Munnik is a given name associated with J. B. M. Hertzog, a prominent early 20th-century South African prime minister and political leader.
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C.
Mongibello
Mongibello is a traditional name used in Italian and Sicilian contexts to refer to Mount Etna, the large active volcano on the east coast of Sicily.
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D.
Daju Mongo
Daju Mongo is a Daju language spoken primarily in Chad and Sudan, belonging to the Eastern Sudanic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family.
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E.
Mucho Maas
Mucho Maas is a troubled California disc jockey and the husband of protagonist Oedipa Maas in Thomas Pynchon's novel "The Crying of Lot 49."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
carnivore
ⓘ
mammal ⓘ mongoose ⓘ species ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| antiPredatorBehavior |
alarm calling
ⓘ
group mobbing ⓘ |
| bodyLength | 30–45 cm ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatPattern | dark bands across back ⓘ |
| commonName |
banded mongoose
ⓘ
banded-mongoose ⓘ |
| describedBy | Johann Friedrich Gmelin ⓘ |
| diet |
arthropods
ⓘ
eggs ⓘ fruit ⓘ insects ⓘ other invertebrates ⓘ small vertebrates ⓘ |
| distribution | widely distributed in savanna regions of Africa ⓘ |
| family | Herpestidae ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior | ground foraging ⓘ |
| furColor | brownish gray ⓘ |
| gestationPeriod | about 60 days ⓘ |
| groupLiving | yes ⓘ |
| groupSizeRange | 5–40 individuals ⓘ |
| groupSizeTypical | 10–20 individuals ⓘ |
| habitat |
grassland
ⓘ
open woodland ⓘ savanna ⓘ scrubland ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| litterSizeTypical | 2–6 young ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Central Africa
ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ Southern Africa ⓘ sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
linked to:
Sub-Saharan Africa
|
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Mungos
ⓘ
linked to:
Mungos mungo
|
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| predators |
large birds of prey
ⓘ
large carnivores ⓘ |
| reproductiveSystem | cooperative breeding ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
cooperative groups
ⓘ
highly social ⓘ |
| tailLength | 15–30 cm ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| weight | 1–2 kg ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1788 ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Mungos mungo Description of subject: Mungos mungo is the banded mongoose, a small, social African carnivore known for living in cooperative groups and inhabiting savannas and open woodlands.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mungos mungo