Canis thooides
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Canis thooides is an extinct canid species historically described from South America and often considered a synonym or variant of the modern gray wolf.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Canis thooides canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8365140 — 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 thooides Context triple: [Canis, includesSpecies, Canis thooides]
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A.
Canis variabilis
Canis variabilis is an extinct canid species from the Pleistocene of Eurasia, considered an important ancestor or close relative of early domestic dogs.
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B.
Canis adustus
Canis adustus, commonly known as the side-striped jackal, is a medium-sized African canid recognized for its grayish coat with distinctive pale side stripes and omnivorous, opportunistic feeding habits.
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C.
Canis aureus
Canis aureus, commonly known as the golden jackal, is a medium-sized canid native to parts of Europe, Asia, and North Africa, known for its adaptability and omnivorous diet.
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D.
Canis
Canis is a genus of medium to large carnivorous mammals in the dog family that includes wolves, domestic dogs, coyotes, and closely related species.
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E.
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.
- 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 thooides Target entity description: Canis thooides is an extinct canid species historically described from South America and often considered a synonym or variant of the modern gray wolf.
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A.
Canis variabilis
Canis variabilis is an extinct canid species from the Pleistocene of Eurasia, considered an important ancestor or close relative of early domestic dogs.
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B.
Canis adustus
Canis adustus, commonly known as the side-striped jackal, is a medium-sized African canid recognized for its grayish coat with distinctive pale side stripes and omnivorous, opportunistic feeding habits.
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C.
Canis aureus
Canis aureus, commonly known as the golden jackal, is a medium-sized canid native to parts of Europe, Asia, and North Africa, known for its adaptability and omnivorous diet.
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D.
Canis
Canis is a genus of medium to large carnivorous mammals in the dog family that includes wolves, domestic dogs, coyotes, and closely related species.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
extinct canid species
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taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup |
South American canids
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wolves ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| consideredBySomeAs |
synonym of Canis lupus
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variant of the gray wolf ⓘ |
| describedFrom | South America ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| family | Canidae ⓘ |
| genus | Canis ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | South America ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | South American wolf (disputed) ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | taxonomic debate ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | carnivorous ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Canis lupus ⓘ |
| scientificName | Canis thooides ⓘ |
| similarTo | gray wolf ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | species ⓘ |
| taxonomicStatus |
disputed
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possibly synonymous with Canis lupus ⓘ |
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 thooides Description of subject: Canis thooides is an extinct canid species historically described from South America and often considered a synonym or variant of the modern gray wolf.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.