Canis anthus
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Canis anthus, commonly known as the African golden wolf, is a medium-sized canid native to North and East Africa that was formerly considered a subspecies of the golden jackal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Canis anthus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8365115 — 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: Canis anthus Context triple: [Canis, includesSpecies, Canis anthus]
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A.
Lanius excubitor
Lanius excubitor, commonly known as the great grey shrike, is a predatory passerine bird found across northern Eurasia, noted for impaling its prey on thorns or barbed wire.
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B.
Lanius collurio
Lanius collurio, commonly known as the red-backed shrike, is a small migratory passerine bird recognized for its distinctive mask-like facial markings and habit of impaling prey on thorns.
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C.
Lanius
Lanius is a genus of predatory passerine birds commonly known as true shrikes, noted for impaling their prey on thorns or barbed wire.
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D.
Alcedo atthis
Alcedo atthis, commonly known as the common kingfisher, is a small, brightly colored river bird found across Europe, Asia, and North Africa, renowned for its vivid blue and orange plumage and expert fishing skills.
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E.
Muscicapa
Muscicapa is a genus of small insect-eating passerine birds commonly known as Old World flycatchers.
- 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: Canis anthus Target entity description: Canis anthus, commonly known as the African golden wolf, is a medium-sized canid native to North and East Africa that was formerly considered a subspecies of the golden jackal.
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A.
Lanius excubitor
Lanius excubitor, commonly known as the great grey shrike, is a predatory passerine bird found across northern Eurasia, noted for impaling its prey on thorns or barbed wire.
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B.
Lanius collurio
Lanius collurio, commonly known as the red-backed shrike, is a small migratory passerine bird recognized for its distinctive mask-like facial markings and habit of impaling prey on thorns.
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C.
Lanius
Lanius is a genus of predatory passerine birds commonly known as true shrikes, noted for impaling their prey on thorns or barbed wire.
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D.
Alcedo atthis
Alcedo atthis, commonly known as the common kingfisher, is a small, brightly colored river bird found across Europe, Asia, and North Africa, renowned for its vivid blue and orange plumage and expert fishing skills.
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E.
Muscicapa
Muscicapa is a genus of small insect-eating passerine birds commonly known as Old World flycatchers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canid
ⓘ
species ⓘ |
| activityCycle |
crepuscular
ⓘ
nocturnal ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Canis latrans
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canis lupus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coatColor |
golden
ⓘ
yellowish-gray ⓘ |
| coexistsWith | Canis lupus lupaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonName |
African golden wolf
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
African wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ golden wolf ⓘ |
| describedAsDistinctSpeciesBy | genetic studies ⓘ |
| diet |
birds
ⓘ
carrion ⓘ fruits ⓘ invertebrates ⓘ omnivorous ⓘ reptiles ⓘ small mammals ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Canis aureus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
mesopredator
ⓘ
scavenger ⓘ |
| family | Canidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerClassification | subspecies of golden jackal ⓘ |
| formerlyConsidered | Canis aureus lupaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus | Canis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
arid grassland
ⓘ
savanna ⓘ semi-desert ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| morphology | medium-sized canid ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
East Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Horn of Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahel region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Canis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction |
breeds once a year
ⓘ
monogamous pairs ⓘ |
| socialBehavior |
forms small family groups
ⓘ
usually lives in pairs ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threats |
habitat loss
ⓘ
persecution by humans ⓘ |
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: Canis anthus Description of subject: Canis anthus, commonly known as the African golden wolf, is a medium-sized canid native to North and East Africa that was formerly considered a subspecies of the golden jackal.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.