Peale's dolphin
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Peale's dolphin is a small, robust marine dolphin species native to the cold temperate coastal waters of southern South America and the Falkland Islands.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Peale's dolphin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13244216 — 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: Peale's dolphin Context triple: [Lagenorhynchus, notableSpecies, Peale's dolphin]
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A.
Commerson's dolphin
Commerson's dolphin is a small, strikingly black-and-white marine dolphin species known for its energetic behavior and coastal habitat in the Southern Hemisphere.
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B.
Hector’s dolphin
Hector’s dolphin is a small, endangered dolphin species endemic to New Zealand’s coastal waters, known for its rounded dorsal fin and limited distribution.
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C.
Dall's porpoise
Dall's porpoise is a fast-swimming, black-and-white marine mammal found in cold North Pacific waters, known for its torpedo-shaped body and distinctive rooster-tail spray when surfacing.
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D.
Pacific white-sided dolphin
The Pacific white-sided dolphin is an energetic, highly social dolphin species native to the cool temperate waters of the North Pacific Ocean.
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E.
Cuvier's beaked whale
Cuvier's beaked whale is a deep-diving, elusive cetacean species known for holding the record for the longest and deepest dives among marine mammals.
- 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: Peale's dolphin Target entity description: Peale's dolphin is a small, robust marine dolphin species native to the cold temperate coastal waters of southern South America and the Falkland Islands.
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A.
Commerson's dolphin
Commerson's dolphin is a small, strikingly black-and-white marine dolphin species known for its energetic behavior and coastal habitat in the Southern Hemisphere.
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B.
Hector’s dolphin
Hector’s dolphin is a small, endangered dolphin species endemic to New Zealand’s coastal waters, known for its rounded dorsal fin and limited distribution.
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C.
Dall's porpoise
Dall's porpoise is a fast-swimming, black-and-white marine mammal found in cold North Pacific waters, known for its torpedo-shaped body and distinctive rooster-tail spray when surfacing.
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D.
Pacific white-sided dolphin
The Pacific white-sided dolphin is an energetic, highly social dolphin species native to the cool temperate waters of the North Pacific Ocean.
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E.
Cuvier's beaked whale
Cuvier's beaked whale is a deep-diving, elusive cetacean species known for holding the record for the longest and deepest dives among marine mammals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cetacean
ⓘ
dolphin ⓘ marine mammal ⓘ |
| behavior |
forms small groups
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often bow-rides vessels ⓘ |
| bodyLength | about 2.0 to 2.2 metres ⓘ |
| bodyMass | about 115 kilograms ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coloration |
dark grey to black back
ⓘ
light grey flanks ⓘ white throat and belly ⓘ |
| commonName |
Peale's dolphin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peale’s porpoise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem | IUCN Red List NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBy | John Edward Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet |
crustaceans
ⓘ
fish ⓘ squid ⓘ |
| distinctiveFeature |
short, blunt beak
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short, robust body ⓘ tall, falcate dorsal fin ⓘ |
| distribution |
Strait of Magellan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tierra del Fuego region NERFINISHED ⓘ around the Falkland Islands ⓘ coasts of Argentina ⓘ coasts of Chile ⓘ |
| family | Delphinidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundInMarineRegion |
Southeast Pacific Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southwest Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus | Lagenorhynchus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
cold temperate coastal waters
ⓘ
inshore waters ⓘ near kelp beds ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Titian Peale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Falkland Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern South America ⓘ |
| order | Cetacea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | gives birth to a single calf ⓘ |
| scientificName | Lagenorhynchus australis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialStructure | pods of about 2 to 20 individuals ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
bycatch in fisheries
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habitat degradation ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1846 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Peale's dolphin Description of subject: Peale's dolphin is a small, robust marine dolphin species native to the cold temperate coastal waters of southern South America and the Falkland Islands.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.