Canis nehringi
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Canis nehringi is an extinct South American canid species, closely related to wolves, known primarily from Pleistocene fossil remains.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Canis nehringi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8365135 — 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: Canis nehringi Context triple: [Canis, includesSpecies, Canis nehringi]
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A.
Canis senezensis
Canis senezensis is an extinct species of early canid known from fossil remains found in Senez, France, dating to the late Pliocene or early Pleistocene.
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B.
Canis antonii
Canis antonii is an extinct prehistoric canid species known from fossil remains and considered part of the broader dog and wolf genus Canis.
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C.
Canis lepophagus
Canis lepophagus is an extinct early canid species thought to be a primitive ancestor or close relative of modern wolves and coyotes, known from North American fossil remains.
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D.
Canis mosbachensis
Canis mosbachensis is an extinct species of early wolf-like canid from the Pleistocene of Eurasia, considered an ancestor or close relative of the modern gray wolf.
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E.
Canis edwardii
Canis edwardii is an extinct North American canid species, thought to be a small to medium-sized early wolf-like dog that lived during the Pleistocene.
- 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: Canis nehringi Target entity description: Canis nehringi is an extinct South American canid species, closely related to wolves, known primarily from Pleistocene fossil remains.
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A.
Canis senezensis
Canis senezensis is an extinct species of early canid known from fossil remains found in Senez, France, dating to the late Pliocene or early Pleistocene.
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B.
Canis antonii
Canis antonii is an extinct prehistoric canid species known from fossil remains and considered part of the broader dog and wolf genus Canis.
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C.
Canis lepophagus
Canis lepophagus is an extinct early canid species thought to be a primitive ancestor or close relative of modern wolves and coyotes, known from North American fossil remains.
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D.
Canis mosbachensis
Canis mosbachensis is an extinct species of early wolf-like canid from the Pleistocene of Eurasia, considered an ancestor or close relative of the modern gray wolf.
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E.
Canis edwardii
Canis edwardii is an extinct North American canid species, thought to be a small to medium-sized early wolf-like dog that lived during the Pleistocene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canid
ⓘ
extinct species ⓘ prehistoric mammal ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
order Carnivora
ⓘ
suborder Caniformia ⓘ
linked to:
Caniformia
|
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | wolves ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| era | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | EX ⓘ |
| family | Canidae ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Pleistocene
ⓘ
linked to:
Pleistocene epoch
|
| fossilRange | Pleistocene ⓘ |
| genus | Canis ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | South America ⓘ |
| isA | wolf-like canid ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Pleistocene fossil remains
ⓘ
South America ⓘ fossil remains ⓘ |
| nativeTo | South America ⓘ |
| period | Quaternary ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Canis lupus ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| temporalRange | Pleistocene ⓘ |
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: Canis nehringi Description of subject: Canis nehringi is an extinct South American canid species, closely related to wolves, known primarily from Pleistocene fossil remains.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.