Barbary macaque
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The Barbary macaque is a tailless Old World monkey native to the mountainous forests of North Africa and known for its social troops and adaptability to cool, high-altitude habitats.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Barbary macaque canonical | 7 |
| Barbary macaques | 2 |
| Barbary ape | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5178216 — 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: Barbary macaque Context triple: [Azrou, hasNearbyWildlife, Barbary macaque]
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A.
L'Hoest's monkey
L'Hoest's monkey is a forest-dwelling Old World monkey native to the montane and lowland rainforests of Central Africa, known for its dark fur and distinctive white bib.
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B.
Bale monkey
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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C.
Diana monkey
The Diana monkey is a colorful and agile Old World monkey species native to the forests of West Africa, known for its distinctive white throat and brow markings.
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D.
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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E.
Nicobar long-tailed macaque
The Nicobar long-tailed macaque is a primate species endemic to India’s Nicobar Islands, known for its elongated tail and adaptation to the region’s tropical forests.
- 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: Barbary macaque Target entity description: The Barbary macaque is a tailless Old World monkey native to the mountainous forests of North Africa and known for its social troops and adaptability to cool, high-altitude habitats.
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A.
L'Hoest's monkey
L'Hoest's monkey is a forest-dwelling Old World monkey native to the montane and lowland rainforests of Central Africa, known for its dark fur and distinctive white bib.
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B.
Bale monkey
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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C.
Diana monkey
The Diana monkey is a colorful and agile Old World monkey species native to the forests of West Africa, known for its distinctive white throat and brow markings.
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D.
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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E.
Nicobar long-tailed macaque
The Nicobar long-tailed macaque is a primate species endemic to India’s Nicobar Islands, known for its elongated tail and adaptation to the region’s tropical forests.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old World monkey
ⓘ
macaque ⓘ primate species ⓘ |
| activityPattern | diurnal ⓘ |
| adaptedTo |
cool climates
ⓘ
high-altitude habitats ⓘ |
| binomialName | Macaca sylvanus ⓘ |
| bodyLength | about 50–70 cm ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| climateTolerance | tolerates snow and cold winters ⓘ |
| commonName |
Barbary ape
ⓘ
linked to:
Barbary macaque
Barbary macaque ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | declining population ⓘ |
| diet |
fruits
ⓘ
invertebrates ⓘ leaves ⓘ omnivorous ⓘ seeds ⓘ |
| face | hairless pinkish face ⓘ |
| family | Cercopithecidae ⓘ |
| furColor | yellowish-brown to grey ⓘ |
| genus | Macaca ⓘ |
| gestationPeriod | about 5.5 months ⓘ |
| groupSize | 10–100 individuals ⓘ |
| habitat |
cedar forests
ⓘ
coniferous forests ⓘ mountainous forests ⓘ oak forests ⓘ |
| hasTail | false ⓘ |
| historicallyNativeTo | Tunisia ⓘ |
| introducedPopulationIn | Gibraltar ⓘ |
| iucnStatus | Endangered ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespanInCaptivity | over 30 years ⓘ |
| lifespanInWild | about 20 years ⓘ |
| locomotion |
arboreal
ⓘ
terrestrial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Algeria
ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ North Africa ⓘ |
| notable | only wild monkey species in Europe via Gibraltar population ⓘ |
| order | Primates ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| region | Atlas Mountains ⓘ |
| reproduction | single infant per birth ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | males larger than females ⓘ |
| socialBehavior |
alloparental care of infants
ⓘ
highly social ⓘ |
| socialStructure | multi-male multi-female troops ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
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illegal pet trade ⓘ overgrazing by livestock ⓘ |
| weight | about 5–15 kg ⓘ |
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
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: Barbary macaque Description of subject: The Barbary macaque is a tailless Old World monkey native to the mountainous forests of North Africa and known for its social troops and adaptability to cool, high-altitude habitats.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Barbary macaque
linked to: Barbary macaque