Blastocerus
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Blastocerus is a deer genus best known for the marsh deer, a large, semi-aquatic South American cervid adapted to wetland habitats.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blastocerus canonical | 2 |
| Blastocerus dichotomus | 2 |
| Ozotoceros | 1 |
| Ozotoceros bezoarticus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19000582 — 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: Blastocerus Context triple: [marsh deer, genus, Blastocerus]
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A.
Sigmoceros
Sigmoceros is a genus of African antelopes in the subfamily Alcelaphinae, best known for including the topi and related species.
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B.
Mecistops
Mecistops is a genus of slender-snouted African crocodiles known for their elongated, narrow snouts adapted for catching fish.
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C.
Megalotragus
Megalotragus is an extinct genus of large African antelopes known from Pleistocene fossils and related to modern wildebeest and hartebeest.
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D.
Nasalis
Nasalis is a genus of Old World monkeys best known for the proboscis monkey, a large-nosed, arboreal primate native to the mangrove forests of Borneo.
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E.
Oromeryx
Oromeryx is an extinct genus of early ruminant mammals known from Eocene fossil deposits in North America.
- 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: Blastocerus Target entity description: Blastocerus is a deer genus best known for the marsh deer, a large, semi-aquatic South American cervid adapted to wetland habitats.
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A.
Sigmoceros
Sigmoceros is a genus of African antelopes in the subfamily Alcelaphinae, best known for including the topi and related species.
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B.
Mecistops
Mecistops is a genus of slender-snouted African crocodiles known for their elongated, narrow snouts adapted for catching fish.
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C.
Megalotragus
Megalotragus is an extinct genus of large African antelopes known from Pleistocene fossils and related to modern wildebeest and hartebeest.
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D.
Nasalis
Nasalis is a genus of Old World monkeys best known for the proboscis monkey, a large-nosed, arboreal primate native to the mangrove forests of Borneo.
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E.
Oromeryx
Oromeryx is an extinct genus of early ruminant mammals known from Eocene fossil deposits in North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Blastocerus