Idiurus
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Idiurus is a genus of small African flying squirrels, commonly known as flying mice, that glide using membranes between their limbs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Idiurus canonical | 5 |
| Idiurus zenkeri | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8467188 — 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: Idiurus Context triple: [Anomaluromorpha, hasMember, Idiurus]
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A.
Thalassius
Thalassius is a figure or persona known primarily as the addressee of the ancient text "Questions to Thalassius," in which theological or philosophical questions are posed to him.
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B.
Ichthyaetus
Ichthyaetus is a genus of gulls in the family Laridae that includes several medium-sized, often coastal seabird species found across parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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C.
Tanaea
Tanaea is a small village located on Tarawa Atoll in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati.
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D.
Lychnidus
Lychnidus was an ancient town in the Balkans, near Lake Ohrid, that served as an important stop along the Roman Via Egnatia trade and military route.
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E.
Aegialos
Aegialos was the ancient name of the Greek city-state later known as Sicyon, located in the northern Peloponnese.
- 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: Idiurus Target entity description: Idiurus is a genus of small African flying squirrels, commonly known as flying mice, that glide using membranes between their limbs.
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A.
Thalassius
Thalassius is a figure or persona known primarily as the addressee of the ancient text "Questions to Thalassius," in which theological or philosophical questions are posed to him.
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B.
Ichthyaetus
Ichthyaetus is a genus of gulls in the family Laridae that includes several medium-sized, often coastal seabird species found across parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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C.
Tanaea
Tanaea is a small village located on Tarawa Atoll in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati.
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D.
Lychnidus
Lychnidus was an ancient town in the Balkans, near Lake Ohrid, that served as an important stop along the Roman Via Egnatia trade and military route.
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E.
Aegialos
Aegialos was the ancient name of the Greek city-state later known as Sicyon, located in the northern Peloponnese.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Anomaluridae ⓘ |
| characteristic |
arboreal lifestyle
ⓘ
nocturnal behavior ⓘ small body size ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
African dwarf flying squirrels
ⓘ
Zenker’s flying mouse ⓘ
linked to:
Zenker’s flying mice
flying mice ⓘ long-eared flying mouse ⓘ |
| diet |
fruits
ⓘ
insects ⓘ omnivorous ⓘ seeds ⓘ |
| distribution | Africa ⓘ |
| family | Anomaluridae ⓘ |
| foundInHabitat |
rainforests
ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ |
| genus |
Idiurus
ⓘ
Idiurus ⓘ |
| hasAnatomicalStructure | patagial membranes between limbs ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Idiurus macrotis
ⓘ
Idiurus zenkeri ⓘ
linked to:
Idiurus
|
| isNot | true flying squirrel (Sciuridae) ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| limbAdaptation | elongated limbs supporting gliding membrane ⓘ |
| locomotion | gliding ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Central Africa
ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| sensoryAdaptation | large eyes adapted to nocturnal vision ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Anomalurinae
ⓘ
linked to:
Anomaluridae
|
| tailCharacteristic | bushy tail used for stability in gliding ⓘ |
| taxonRank |
genus
ⓘ
species ⓘ species ⓘ |
| vernacularGrouping | flying squirrels ⓘ |
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: Idiurus Description of subject: Idiurus is a genus of small African flying squirrels, commonly known as flying mice, that glide using membranes between their limbs.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Idiurus
linked to: Idiurus