Mus musculus castaneus
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Mus musculus castaneus is an Asian subspecies of the house mouse commonly used in genetic and evolutionary research.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mus musculus castaneus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8467106 — 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: Mus musculus castaneus Context triple: [Mus musculus, hasSubspecies, Mus musculus castaneus]
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A.
Petinomys
Petinomys is a genus of small flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
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B.
Aeromys
Aeromys is a genus of large flying squirrels native to Southeast Asia, known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle.
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C.
Vombatus
Vombatus is a genus of burrowing marsupials that includes the common wombat, known for its stout body, short legs, and herbivorous diet in southeastern Australia.
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D.
Cercaphus
Cercaphus is a figure from Greek mythology known primarily as a descendant of the nymph Rhode and a member of the early mythic rulers associated with the island of Rhodes.
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E.
Ictonyx
Ictonyx is a genus of African striped polecats and related small carnivorous mammals in the weasel family.
- 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: Mus musculus castaneus Target entity description: Mus musculus castaneus is an Asian subspecies of the house mouse commonly used in genetic and evolutionary research.
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A.
Petinomys
Petinomys is a genus of small flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
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B.
Aeromys
Aeromys is a genus of large flying squirrels native to Southeast Asia, known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle.
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C.
Vombatus
Vombatus is a genus of burrowing marsupials that includes the common wombat, known for its stout body, short legs, and herbivorous diet in southeastern Australia.
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D.
Cercaphus
Cercaphus is a figure from Greek mythology known primarily as a descendant of the nymph Rhode and a member of the early mythic rulers associated with the island of Rhodes.
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E.
Ictonyx
Ictonyx is a genus of African striped polecats and related small carnivorous mammals in the weasel family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
house mouse subspecies
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subspecies ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | Asian house mouse ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Mus musculus domesticus
ⓘ
Mus musculus musculus ⓘ
linked to:
house mouse (Mus musculus)
|
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| family | Muridae ⓘ |
| genus | Mus ⓘ |
| habitat |
agricultural areas
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commensal with humans ⓘ human settlements ⓘ |
| hasGeneticDivergence |
significant from Mus musculus domesticus
ⓘ
significant from Mus musculus musculus ⓘ |
| hasGenomeSequenced | true ⓘ |
| hasKaryotype | 40 chromosomes ⓘ |
| hasLatinName | Mus musculus castaneus ⓘ |
| hasMitochondrialLineage | distinct from Mus musculus domesticus ⓘ |
| hasPhenotype |
differences in body size relative to other Mus musculus subspecies
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distinct coat color variation compared to Mus musculus domesticus ⓘ |
| isModelFor |
human disease genetics (comparative)
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mammalian genetics ⓘ |
| isWildDerived | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Asia
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East Asia ⓘ South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Mus musculus
ⓘ
linked to:
house mouse (Mus musculus)
|
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductiveMode | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| subspeciesOf | Mus musculus ⓘ |
| taxonRank | subspecies ⓘ |
| usedFor |
evolutionary research
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genetic research ⓘ genome-wide association studies ⓘ population genetics studies ⓘ speciation research ⓘ |
| usedIn |
hybrid zone studies
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introgression line panels ⓘ laboratory mouse strain development ⓘ |
| usedToStudy |
adaptive evolution
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demographic history of house mice ⓘ gene flow among mouse subspecies ⓘ genetic basis of complex traits ⓘ |
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: Mus musculus castaneus Description of subject: Mus musculus castaneus is an Asian subspecies of the house mouse commonly used in genetic and evolutionary research.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
house mouse (Mus musculus)