Canis

E197107

genus

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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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Canis canonical	4
Canis arnensis	1
Canis dirus	1
Canis gezi	1
Canis himalayensis	1
Canis latrans	1
Canis rufus	1
Canis simensis	1
Dingo	1
Mexican gray wolf	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1740360 — 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
Context triple: [Ethiopian wolf, genus, Canis]

A. Canis lupus familiaris
Canis lupus familiaris is the domestic dog, a widely kept companion animal and working species derived from the gray wolf.
B. Wolf
Wolf is a common German surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as scholarship, politics, and the arts.
C. Canidae
Canidae is the biological family of carnivorous and omnivorous mammals that includes dogs, wolves, foxes, jackals, and related canids.
D. Canino
Canino is a small town in the Lazio region of central Italy, historically notable as the birthplace of Pope Paul III.
E. Husky
Husky was the codename for the World War II Allied amphibious and airborne invasion of Sicily in July 1943, which marked a major step in the campaign to liberate Europe from Axis control.
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
Target entity description: Canis is a genus of medium to large carnivorous mammals in the dog family that includes wolves, domestic dogs, coyotes, and closely related species.

A. Canis lupus familiaris
Canis lupus familiaris is the domestic dog, a widely kept companion animal and working species derived from the gray wolf.
B. Wolf
Wolf is a common German surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as scholarship, politics, and the arts.
C. Canidae
Canidae is the biological family of carnivorous and omnivorous mammals that includes dogs, wolves, foxes, jackals, and related canids.
D. Canino
Canino is a small town in the Lazio region of central Italy, historically notable as the birthplace of Pope Paul III.
E. Husky
Husky was the codename for the World War II Allied amphibious and airborne invasion of Sicily in July 1943, which marked a major step in the campaign to liberate Europe from Axis control.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	genus ⓘ
belongsTo	dog family Canidae ⓘ
class	Mammalia ⓘ
commonName	canines ⓘ
contains	coyotes ⓘ domestic dogs ⓘ jackals ⓘ wolves ⓘ
describedAs	genus of medium to large carnivorous mammals ⓘ
diet	carnivorous ⓘ
family	Canidae ⓘ
firstAppearance	Late Miocene ⓘ
geographicDistribution	worldwide ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	digitigrade locomotion ⓘ social behavior in many species ⓘ well-developed sense of smell ⓘ
hasChromosomeNumber	78 in most species ⓘ
hasTeethType	carnassial teeth ⓘ
includesSpecies	Canis senezensis ⓘ surface form: Canis accitanus Canis adustus ⓘ Canis anthus ⓘ Canis antonii ⓘ Canis apolloniensis ⓘ Canis armbrusteri ⓘ Canis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Canis arnensis Canis aureus ⓘ Canis cedazoensis ⓘ Canis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Canis dirus Canis edwardii ⓘ Canis etruscus ⓘ Canis falconeri ⓘ Canis lupus familiaris ⓘ surface form: Canis familiaris Canis familiaris dingo ⓘ Canis ferox ⓘ Canis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Canis gezi Canis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Canis himalayensis Canis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Canis latrans Canis lepophagus ⓘ Canis lupus ⓘ Canis lupus arctos ⓘ Canis lupus ⓘ surface form: Canis lupus baileyi Canis lupus campestris ⓘ Canis lupus ⓘ surface form: Canis lupus chanco Canis lupus ⓘ surface form: Canis lupus columbianus Canis lupus dingo ⓘ Canis lupus familiaris ⓘ Canis lupus ⓘ surface form: Canis lupus hodophilax Canis lupus ⓘ surface form: Canis lupus italicus Canis lupus lycaon ⓘ Canis lupus ⓘ surface form: Canis lupus occidentalis Canis lupus pallipes ⓘ Canis lupus ⓘ surface form: Canis lupus rufus Canis lupus ⓘ surface form: Canis lupus signatus Canis lycaon ⓘ Canis adustus ⓘ surface form: Canis mesomelas Canis mosbachensis ⓘ Canis nehringi ⓘ Canis priscolatrans ⓘ Canis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Canis rufus Canis senezensis ⓘ Canis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Canis simensis Canis thooides ⓘ Canis variabilis ⓘ
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
order	Carnivora ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
reproduction	viviparous ⓘ
subfamily	Caninae ⓘ
taxonRank	genus ⓘ
tribe	Canini ⓘ
typeSpecies	Canis lupus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ethiopian wolf → genus → Canis ⓘ

Chihuahuan Desert → fauna → Canis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexican gray wolf

Pikmin → mainCharacter → Canis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dingo

Canis lupus familiaris → genus → Canis ⓘ

Canidae → typeGenus → Canis ⓘ

Eurasian wolves → genus → Canis ⓘ

subject surface form: Eurasian wolf