Cervus canadensis
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Cervus canadensis is a large North American deer species commonly known as elk or wapiti, recognized for its impressive antlers and bugling calls.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cervus canadensis canonical | 3 |
| North American elk | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3396633 — 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.
Target entity: Cervus canadensis Context triple: [Roosevelt elk, parentTaxon, Cervus canadensis]
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Cervus
Cervus is a genus of large deer that includes species such as the red deer and wapiti, primarily native to Eurasia and parts of North America.
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Cervus elaphus
Cervus elaphus, commonly known as the red deer, is a large, widespread species of deer native to Europe, parts of Asia, and North Africa, and is one of the most studied and culturally significant wild ungulates.
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Bison bison
Bison bison is the American bison, a large, hump-shouldered grazing mammal native to North America and a prominent symbol of the Great Plains.
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Odocoileus virginianus
Odocoileus virginianus, commonly known as the white-tailed deer, is a widespread North and Central American deer species recognized by its characteristic white underside to the tail that it raises when alarmed.
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Roosevelt elk
The Roosevelt elk is the largest subspecies of North American elk, native to the Pacific Northwest’s temperate rainforests and known for its impressive size and massive antlers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Cervus canadensis Target entity description: Cervus canadensis is a large North American deer species commonly known as elk or wapiti, recognized for its impressive antlers and bugling calls.
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A.
Cervus
Cervus is a genus of large deer that includes species such as the red deer and wapiti, primarily native to Eurasia and parts of North America.
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Cervus elaphus
Cervus elaphus, commonly known as the red deer, is a large, widespread species of deer native to Europe, parts of Asia, and North Africa, and is one of the most studied and culturally significant wild ungulates.
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Bison bison
Bison bison is the American bison, a large, hump-shouldered grazing mammal native to North America and a prominent symbol of the Great Plains.
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Odocoileus virginianus
Odocoileus virginianus, commonly known as the white-tailed deer, is a widespread North and Central American deer species recognized by its characteristic white underside to the tail that it raises when alarmed.
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Roosevelt elk
The Roosevelt elk is the largest subspecies of North American elk, native to the Pacific Northwest’s temperate rainforests and known for its impressive size and massive antlers.
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Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deer
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mammal ⓘ species ⓘ |
| activityPattern | crepuscular ⓘ |
| antlersPresentIn | males ⓘ |
| antlersShed | annually ⓘ |
| averageLifespanWild | 10 to 15 years ⓘ |
| bodyLength | about 2.1 to 2.4 meters ⓘ |
| bodyMassFemale | up to about 225 kilograms ⓘ |
| bodyMassMale | up to about 320 kilograms ⓘ |
| breedingSeason | autumn ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Cervus elaphus ⓘ |
| commonName |
elk
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wapiti ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | important in Indigenous North American cultures ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| eats |
forbs
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grasses ⓘ shrubs ⓘ tree bark ⓘ tree leaves ⓘ |
| family | Cervidae ⓘ |
| femaleCalled | cow ⓘ |
| forms | herds ⓘ |
| genus | Cervus ⓘ |
| gestationPeriod | about 240 days ⓘ |
| habitat |
forests
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grasslands ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| hasSexualDimorphism | true ⓘ |
| introducedTo |
Argentina
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Australia ⓘ Chile ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| maleCalled | bull ⓘ |
| matingSystem | polygynous ⓘ |
| maximumLifespanCaptivity | over 20 years ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Asia
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North America ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
bugling vocalizations of males
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large branching antlers in males ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Cervus ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| shoulderHeight | about 1.2 to 1.5 meters ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | gregarious ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| usedFor |
meat
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recreational hunting ⓘ velvet antler ⓘ |
| youngCalled | calf ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Cervus canadensis Description of subject: Cervus canadensis is a large North American deer species commonly known as elk or wapiti, recognized for its impressive antlers and bugling calls.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.