Japanese serow
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The Japanese serow is a goat-antelope native to Japan, known for inhabiting steep, forested mountain regions and serving as a national symbol of the country’s wildlife.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Japanese serow canonical | 8 |
| Formosan serow | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10383727 — 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: Japanese serow Context triple: [Southern Alps, hasNotableSpecies, Japanese serow]
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A.
Tragulus
Tragulus is a genus of small, primitive hoofed mammals known as mouse-deer or chevrotains, native to the forests of Southeast Asia.
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B.
Lepus hainanus
Lepus hainanus is a species of hare endemic to China’s Hainan Island, adapted to subtropical habitats and known for its limited and vulnerable range.
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C.
Philippine deer
The Philippine deer is a medium-sized, brown-coated deer species endemic to the Philippines, typically inhabiting forested and mountainous regions across the archipelago.
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D.
Ryukyu wild boar
The Ryukyu wild boar is a small, endemic subspecies of wild pig native to Japan’s Ryukyu Islands, adapted to subtropical forests and considered important for the region’s biodiversity.
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E.
Magnolia kobus
Magnolia kobus is a deciduous magnolia tree native to East Asia, valued in gardens for its early-spring display of fragrant white flowers.
- 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: Japanese serow Target entity description: The Japanese serow is a goat-antelope native to Japan, known for inhabiting steep, forested mountain regions and serving as a national symbol of the country’s wildlife.
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A.
Tragulus
Tragulus is a genus of small, primitive hoofed mammals known as mouse-deer or chevrotains, native to the forests of Southeast Asia.
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B.
Lepus hainanus
Lepus hainanus is a species of hare endemic to China’s Hainan Island, adapted to subtropical habitats and known for its limited and vulnerable range.
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C.
Philippine deer
The Philippine deer is a medium-sized, brown-coated deer species endemic to the Philippines, typically inhabiting forested and mountainous regions across the archipelago.
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D.
Ryukyu wild boar
The Ryukyu wild boar is a small, endemic subspecies of wild pig native to Japan’s Ryukyu Islands, adapted to subtropical forests and considered important for the region’s biodiversity.
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E.
Magnolia kobus
Magnolia kobus is a deciduous magnolia tree native to East Asia, valued in gardens for its early-spring display of fragrant white flowers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bovid
ⓘ
goat-antelope ⓘ mammal ⓘ species ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| adaptation |
sure-footed on steep slopes
ⓘ
thick coat for cold climates ⓘ |
| binomialName |
Capricornis crispus
ⓘ
linked to:
Capricornis
|
| bodyLength | about 80–130 cm ⓘ |
| breedingSeason | autumn ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatColor |
blackish
ⓘ
gray ⓘ whitish underparts ⓘ |
| commonName | Japanese serow ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List
ⓘ
linked to:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
|
| designatedAs |
Special Natural Monument of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Natural Monument (Japan)
|
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| eats |
acorns
ⓘ
bamboo grass ⓘ leaves ⓘ shoots ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Japan ⓘ |
| family | Bovidae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Honshu
ⓘ
Kyushu ⓘ Shikoku ⓘ |
| genus | Capricornis ⓘ |
| gestationPeriod | about 210–220 days ⓘ |
| habitat |
steep forested mountains
ⓘ
subalpine forests ⓘ temperate broadleaf forests ⓘ |
| hasHorns | true ⓘ |
| hornDescription | short backward-curving horns in both sexes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| legalProtectionStatus | protected species in Japan ⓘ |
| lifespanInWild | about 10–15 years ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Japan ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | gives birth to usually one kid ⓘ |
| shoulderHeight | about 60–75 cm ⓘ |
| socialBehavior |
forms small family groups
ⓘ
solitary ⓘ |
| subfamily | Caprinae ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Japanese wildlife
ⓘ
Nagano Prefecture ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threats |
habitat loss
ⓘ
human–wildlife conflict with foresters ⓘ |
| weight | about 30–45 kg ⓘ |
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: Japanese serow Description of subject: The Japanese serow is a goat-antelope native to Japan, known for inhabiting steep, forested mountain regions and serving as a national symbol of the country’s wildlife.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Japanese serow