Phataginus
E735578
Phataginus is a genus of African pangolins, scaly anteater-like mammals known for their protective keratin armor and insectivorous diet.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phataginus canonical | 2 |
| Phataginus tetradactyla | 1 |
| Phataginus tricuspis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8476958 — 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: Phataginus Context triple: [Pholidota, containsTaxon, Phataginus]
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A.
Urocitellus
Urocitellus is a genus of ground squirrels native to North America, known for their burrowing behavior and adaptation to open grassland and steppe habitats.
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B.
Catopuma
Catopuma is a small wild cat genus from Southeast Asia that includes the bay cat and the Asian golden cat.
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C.
Lagorchestes
Lagorchestes is a genus of small, fast-moving Australian marsupials commonly known as hare-wallabies, belonging to the kangaroo family.
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D.
Mecistops
Mecistops is a genus of slender-snouted African crocodiles known for their elongated, narrow snouts adapted for catching fish.
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E.
Presbytis
Presbytis is a genus of Old World leaf monkeys native to Southeast Asia, known for their arboreal lifestyle and folivorous diet.
- 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: Phataginus Target entity description: Phataginus is a genus of African pangolins, scaly anteater-like mammals known for their protective keratin armor and insectivorous diet.
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A.
Urocitellus
Urocitellus is a genus of ground squirrels native to North America, known for their burrowing behavior and adaptation to open grassland and steppe habitats.
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B.
Catopuma
Catopuma is a small wild cat genus from Southeast Asia that includes the bay cat and the Asian golden cat.
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C.
Lagorchestes
Lagorchestes is a genus of small, fast-moving Australian marsupials commonly known as hare-wallabies, belonging to the kangaroo family.
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D.
Mecistops
Mecistops is a genus of slender-snouted African crocodiles known for their elongated, narrow snouts adapted for catching fish.
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E.
Presbytis
Presbytis is a genus of Old World leaf monkeys native to Southeast Asia, known for their arboreal lifestyle and folivorous diet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| behavior | solitary ⓘ |
| belongsToClade |
Eutheria
ⓘ
Theria ⓘ |
| bloodedness | warm-blooded mammal ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | African tree pangolins ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | threatened by illegal wildlife trade ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Phataginus tetradactyla
ⓘ
linked to:
Phataginus
Phataginus tricuspis ⓘ
linked to:
Phataginus
|
| coveredWith | overlapping keratin scales ⓘ |
| defenseMechanism |
rolling into a ball
ⓘ
using sharp-edged scales as armor ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of African pangolins ⓘ |
| diet |
ants
ⓘ
other social insects ⓘ termites ⓘ |
| distribution |
Central Africa
ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ parts of East Africa ⓘ |
| family | Manidae ⓘ |
| feedingStrategy | myrmecophagy ⓘ |
| habitat |
savanna regions with trees
ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
ability to roll into a protective ball
ⓘ
edentulous (lacking teeth) ⓘ insectivorous diet ⓘ long sticky tongue for feeding on ants and termites ⓘ scaly body covered with keratin armor ⓘ |
| hasOrgan | long prehensile tail (in many species) ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion |
arboreal
ⓘ
terrestrial ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Africa ⓘ |
| order | Pholidota ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction |
gives birth to live young
ⓘ
typically one offspring per litter ⓘ |
| respiration | lungs ⓘ |
| subfamily | Phatagininae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| thermoregulation | endothermic ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
poaching for meat ⓘ poaching for scales used in traditional medicine ⓘ |
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: Phataginus Description of subject: Phataginus is a genus of African pangolins, scaly anteater-like mammals known for their protective keratin armor and insectivorous diet.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Phataginus
linked to: Phataginus