Bale monkey
E200009
The Bale monkey is a primate species endemic to Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains, known for its specialized bamboo forest habitat and limited geographic range.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bale monkey canonical | 4 |
| bale monkey | 2 |
| Chlorocebus djamdjamensis | 1 |
| Djam-Djam monkey | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1782408 — 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: Bale monkey Context triple: [Bale Mountains, fauna, Bale monkey]
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A.
Thomas’s leaf monkey
Thomas’s leaf monkey is a distinctive, long-tailed colobine primate native to the forests of northern Sumatra, known for its striking facial markings and arboreal, leaf-eating lifestyle.
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B.
Lion-tailed macaque
The lion-tailed macaque is an endangered, dark-furred Old World monkey distinguished by its silver-white mane and tufted tail, found only in the rainforests of India’s Western Ghats.
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C.
proboscis monkey
The proboscis monkey is a large, long-nosed Old World monkey native to the mangrove forests and riverine habitats of Borneo, known for its distinctive pendulous nose and strong swimming ability.
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D.
Gorilla
Gorilla is a large, predominantly herbivorous great ape native to the forests of central Sub-Saharan Africa and known for its strength, complex social groups, and close genetic relationship to humans.
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E.
hoolock gibbon
The hoolock gibbon is an endangered arboreal ape native to the forests of Northeast India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, known for its loud territorial songs and distinctive white eyebrow markings.
- 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: Bale monkey Target entity description: The Bale monkey is a primate species endemic to Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains, known for its specialized bamboo forest habitat and limited geographic range.
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A.
Thomas’s leaf monkey
Thomas’s leaf monkey is a distinctive, long-tailed colobine primate native to the forests of northern Sumatra, known for its striking facial markings and arboreal, leaf-eating lifestyle.
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B.
Lion-tailed macaque
The lion-tailed macaque is an endangered, dark-furred Old World monkey distinguished by its silver-white mane and tufted tail, found only in the rainforests of India’s Western Ghats.
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C.
proboscis monkey
The proboscis monkey is a large, long-nosed Old World monkey native to the mangrove forests and riverine habitats of Borneo, known for its distinctive pendulous nose and strong swimming ability.
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D.
Gorilla
Gorilla is a large, predominantly herbivorous great ape native to the forests of central Sub-Saharan Africa and known for its strength, complex social groups, and close genetic relationship to humans.
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E.
hoolock gibbon
The hoolock gibbon is an endangered arboreal ape native to the forests of Northeast India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, known for its loud territorial songs and distinctive white eyebrow markings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old World monkey
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animal ⓘ mammal ⓘ primate ⓘ vertebrate ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Vulnerable ⓘ |
| diet |
bamboo
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fruits ⓘ leaves ⓘ |
| endemicTo |
Bale Mountains
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Ethiopia ⓘ |
| family | Cercopithecidae ⓘ |
| foundInProtectedArea | Bale Mountains National Park ⓘ |
| genus | Chlorocebus ⓘ |
| geographicRangeCharacteristic | restricted range ⓘ |
| habitat |
bamboo forest
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montane forest ⓘ |
| hasCommonName |
Bale monkey
self-link
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Bale monkey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Djam-Djam monkey
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion |
arboreal
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quadrupedal ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Bale Mountains ⓘ |
| nativeRange | Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ |
| order | Primates ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductiveMode | viviparous ⓘ |
| scientificName |
Bale monkey
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Chlorocebus djamdjamensis
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| socialStructure | group-living ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
agricultural expansion
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deforestation ⓘ habitat loss ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Bale monkey Description of subject: The Bale monkey is a primate species endemic to Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains, known for its specialized bamboo forest habitat and limited geographic range.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chlorocebus djamdjamensis
this entity surface form:
Djam-Djam monkey
this entity surface form:
bale monkey
this entity surface form:
bale monkey