Nesolagus
E827928
Nesolagus is a small, elusive genus of striped rabbits native to Southeast Asia, known for its distinctive fur pattern and rarity.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nesolagus canonical | 1 |
| Nesolagus netscheri | 1 |
| Nesolagus timminsi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9800005 — 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: Nesolagus Context triple: [Leporidae, includesGenus, Nesolagus]
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A.
Bunolagus
Bunolagus is a rare genus of African rabbits best known for the critically endangered riverine rabbit, one of the world’s most threatened mammal species.
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B.
Nesospiza
Nesospiza is a small genus of seed-eating tanagers endemic to the Tristan da Cunha archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean.
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C.
Romerolagus
Romerolagus is a small rabbit genus best known for the volcano rabbit (Romerolagus diazi), an endangered species endemic to the high-altitude grasslands of central Mexico.
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D.
Dremomys
Dremomys is a genus of forest-dwelling rodents commonly known as Asian red-cheeked squirrels, found primarily in South and Southeast Asia.
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E.
Prosciurillus
Prosciurillus is a genus of small squirrels native to Sulawesi and nearby Indonesian islands, known for their arboreal habits and limited geographic range.
- 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: Nesolagus Target entity description: Nesolagus is a small, elusive genus of striped rabbits native to Southeast Asia, known for its distinctive fur pattern and rarity.
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A.
Bunolagus
Bunolagus is a rare genus of African rabbits best known for the critically endangered riverine rabbit, one of the world’s most threatened mammal species.
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B.
Nesospiza
Nesospiza is a small genus of seed-eating tanagers endemic to the Tristan da Cunha archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean.
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C.
Romerolagus
Romerolagus is a small rabbit genus best known for the volcano rabbit (Romerolagus diazi), an endangered species endemic to the high-altitude grasslands of central Mexico.
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D.
Dremomys
Dremomys is a genus of forest-dwelling rodents commonly known as Asian red-cheeked squirrels, found primarily in South and Southeast Asia.
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E.
Prosciurillus
Prosciurillus is a genus of small squirrels native to Sulawesi and nearby Indonesian islands, known for their arboreal habits and limited geographic range.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Leporidae ⓘ |
| characteristic |
distinctive striped fur pattern
ⓘ
elusive behavior ⓘ nocturnal activity ⓘ small body size ⓘ terrestrial lifestyle ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
Annamite striped rabbit
ⓘ
Sumatran striped rabbit ⓘ striped rabbits ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | rare and poorly known genus ⓘ |
| conservationStatus |
Endangered
ⓘ
Endangered ⓘ |
| describedBy | Marcus Ward Lyon Jr. ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | other Leporidae by striped coat ⓘ |
| family | Leporidae ⓘ |
| foundInBiome | tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ⓘ |
| habitat |
Annamite Range forests
ⓘ
linked to:
Indochina moist forests
montane forest ⓘ |
| hasCommonTraitWith | other rabbits ⓘ |
| hasFurPattern | dark dorsal stripes on lighter background ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Nesolagus netscheri
ⓘ
linked to:
Nesolagus
Nesolagus timminsi ⓘ
linked to:
Nesolagus
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | saltatorial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Laos ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Sumatra ⓘ Vietnam ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
|
| order | Lagomorpha ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction |
sexual reproduction
ⓘ
viviparous ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Leporinae
ⓘ
linked to:
Leporidae
|
| taxonRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ species ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
hunting pressure ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1903 ⓘ |
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: Nesolagus Description of subject: Nesolagus is a small, elusive genus of striped rabbits native to Southeast Asia, known for its distinctive fur pattern and rarity.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nesolagus
linked to: Nesolagus