Viverra
E671325
Viverra is a genus of small to medium-sized carnivorous mammals in the civet family, known for their elongated bodies, spotted or striped coats, and strong scent glands.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Viverra canonical | 2 |
| Viverra zibetha | 2 |
| Viverra megaspila | 1 |
| Viverra tangalunga | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7534281 — 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: Viverra Context triple: [Viverridae, typeGenus, Viverra]
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A.
Lipotes
Lipotes is a genus of freshwater river dolphins best known for the baiji, a critically endangered or possibly extinct species once native to China’s Yangtze River.
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B.
Pecari
Pecari is a genus of New World peccaries, medium-sized pig-like mammals native to the Americas.
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C.
Enhydra
Enhydra is a genus of marine mammals best known for the sea otter, a highly aquatic mustelid found along coastal North Pacific waters.
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D.
Mermerus
Mermerus is a figure in Greek mythology known as one of the sons of the hero Jason, often associated with the tragic story of Medea.
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E.
Ratiaria
Ratiaria was a prominent Roman city and military center on the Danube frontier in the province of Moesia (later Dacia Ripensis), known for its strategic and administrative importance.
- 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: Viverra Target entity description: Viverra is a genus of small to medium-sized carnivorous mammals in the civet family, known for their elongated bodies, spotted or striped coats, and strong scent glands.
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A.
Lipotes
Lipotes is a genus of freshwater river dolphins best known for the baiji, a critically endangered or possibly extinct species once native to China’s Yangtze River.
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B.
Pecari
Pecari is a genus of New World peccaries, medium-sized pig-like mammals native to the Americas.
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C.
Enhydra
Enhydra is a genus of marine mammals best known for the sea otter, a highly aquatic mustelid found along coastal North Pacific waters.
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D.
Mermerus
Mermerus is a figure in Greek mythology known as one of the sons of the hero Jason, often associated with the tragic story of Medea.
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E.
Ratiaria
Ratiaria was a prominent Roman city and military center on the Danube frontier in the province of Moesia (later Dacia Ripensis), known for its strategic and administrative importance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| belongsTo | civet family ⓘ |
| bodyShape | elongated body ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatPattern |
spotted coat
ⓘ
striped coat ⓘ |
| commonName | viverra civets ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Viverra civettina
ⓘ
linked to:
Himalayan civet
Viverra megaspila ⓘ
linked to:
Viverra
Viverra tangalunga ⓘ
linked to:
Viverra
Viverra zibetha ⓘ
linked to:
Viverra
|
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| diet |
carnivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous tendencies ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
mesopredator
ⓘ
small carnivore ⓘ |
| family | Viverridae ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | Indomalayan region ⓘ |
| habitat |
plantations
ⓘ
secondary growth forests ⓘ subtropical forests ⓘ tropical forests ⓘ |
| hasAnatomicalFeature | strong scent glands ⓘ |
| hasConservationConcern |
habitat loss
ⓘ
hunting for musk ⓘ |
| hasSize | small to medium-sized mammal ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion |
arboreal abilities
ⓘ
terrestrial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Asia
ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ parts of East Asia ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Viverridae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| suborder | Feliformia ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Viverra zibetha
ⓘ
linked to:
Viverra
|
| usedFor | production of civet musk ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1758 ⓘ |
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: Viverra Description of subject: Viverra is a genus of small to medium-sized carnivorous mammals in the civet family, known for their elongated bodies, spotted or striped coats, and strong scent glands.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Viverra
linked to: Viverra
linked to: Viverra
linked to: Viverra