Neophoca

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Australian sea lion genus species taxon

Neophoca is a genus of eared seals best known for including the Australian sea lion.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Neophoca canonical	2
Neophoca cinerea	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7388967 — 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: Neophoca
Context triple: [Otariidae, containsGenus, Neophoca]

A. Zalophus
Zalophus is a genus of eared seals that includes the California sea lion and closely related sea lion species found along Pacific coasts.
B. Eubalaena
Eubalaena is a genus of large baleen whales commonly known as right whales, found in temperate and subpolar oceans.
C. Phocarctos
Phocarctos is a genus of eared seals best known for including the New Zealand sea lion, one of the rarest and most threatened sea lion species.
D. Lagenorhynchus
Lagenorhynchus is a genus of oceanic dolphins that includes several robust, fast-swimming species found in cold and temperate waters of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
E. Distoechurus
Distoechurus is a genus of small marsupials known as feather-tailed possums, native to New Guinea and belonging to the family Acrobatidae.
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: Neophoca
Target entity description: Neophoca is a genus of eared seals best known for including the Australian sea lion.

A. Zalophus
Zalophus is a genus of eared seals that includes the California sea lion and closely related sea lion species found along Pacific coasts.
B. Eubalaena
Eubalaena is a genus of large baleen whales commonly known as right whales, found in temperate and subpolar oceans.
C. Phocarctos
Phocarctos is a genus of eared seals best known for including the New Zealand sea lion, one of the rarest and most threatened sea lion species.
D. Lagenorhynchus
Lagenorhynchus is a genus of oceanic dolphins that includes several robust, fast-swimming species found in cold and temperate waters of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
E. Distoechurus
Distoechurus is a genus of small marsupials known as feather-tailed possums, native to New Guinea and belonging to the family Acrobatidae.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian sea lion ⓘ genus ⓘ species ⓘ taxon ⓘ
class	Mammalia ⓘ Mammalia ⓘ
commonName	Australian sea lion NERFINISHED ⓘ Neophoca NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsTaxon	Neophoca cinerea NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs	genus of eared seals ⓘ
distribution	southern Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ southern and southwestern coasts of Australia ⓘ
family	Otariidae NERFINISHED ⓘ Otariidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
habitat	coastal marine waters ⓘ marine ⓘ
isMonotypic	true ⓘ
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ Animalia ⓘ
notableFor	including the Australian sea lion ⓘ
order	Carnivora ⓘ Carnivora ⓘ
parentTaxon	Neophoca NERFINISHED ⓘ Otariidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ Chordata ⓘ
subfamily	Otariinae NERFINISHED ⓘ
taxonRank	genus ⓘ
typeSpecies	Neophoca cinerea NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Otariidae → containsGenus → Neophoca ⓘ

Australian sea lion → genus → Neophoca ⓘ

Australian sea lion → binomialName → Neophoca ⓘ

this entity surface form: Neophoca cinerea

Seal Bay Conservation Park → protectsSpecies → Neophoca ⓘ