Canis lepophagus
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Canis lepophagus is an extinct early canid species thought to be a primitive ancestor or close relative of modern wolves and coyotes, known from North American fossil remains.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Canis lepophagus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8365124 — 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 lepophagus Context triple: [Canis, includesSpecies, Canis lepophagus]
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A.
Canis edwardii
Canis edwardii is an extinct North American canid species, thought to be a small to medium-sized early wolf-like dog that lived during the Pleistocene.
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B.
Canis adustus
Canis adustus, commonly known as the side-striped jackal, is a medium-sized African canid recognized for its grayish coat with distinctive pale side stripes and omnivorous, opportunistic feeding habits.
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C.
Canis
Canis is a genus of medium to large carnivorous mammals in the dog family that includes wolves, domestic dogs, coyotes, and closely related species.
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D.
Canis lupus
Canis lupus is the gray wolf, a large social canid native to the Northern Hemisphere and the wild ancestor of the domestic dog.
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E.
Canis ferox
Canis ferox is an extinct species of canid, likely a prehistoric wild dog or wolf-like animal known only from paleontological and taxonomic records.
- 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 lepophagus Target entity description: Canis lepophagus is an extinct early canid species thought to be a primitive ancestor or close relative of modern wolves and coyotes, known from North American fossil remains.
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A.
Canis edwardii
Canis edwardii is an extinct North American canid species, thought to be a small to medium-sized early wolf-like dog that lived during the Pleistocene.
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B.
Canis adustus
Canis adustus, commonly known as the side-striped jackal, is a medium-sized African canid recognized for its grayish coat with distinctive pale side stripes and omnivorous, opportunistic feeding habits.
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C.
Canis
Canis is a genus of medium to large carnivorous mammals in the dog family that includes wolves, domestic dogs, coyotes, and closely related species.
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D.
Canis lupus
Canis lupus is the gray wolf, a large social canid native to the Northern Hemisphere and the wild ancestor of the domestic dog.
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E.
Canis ferox
Canis ferox is an extinct species of canid, likely a prehistoric wild dog or wolf-like animal known only from paleontological and taxonomic records.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canid
ⓘ
extinct species ⓘ |
| belongsTo | tribe Canini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| considered |
close relative of modern coyotes
ⓘ
close relative of modern wolves ⓘ primitive ancestor of coyotes ⓘ |
| describedBy | John Campbell Merriam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet |
carnivorous
ⓘ
small mammals ⓘ |
| etymology | "lepophagus" means "hare-eating" ⓘ |
| evolutionarySignificance |
early member of genus Canis
ⓘ
important for understanding wolf and coyote origins ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| family | Canidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fossilRange |
Pliocene
ⓘ
early Pleistocene ⓘ |
| genus | Canis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
grasslands
ⓘ
open habitats ⓘ semi-arid environments ⓘ |
| isA |
early canid
ⓘ
prehistoric carnivore ⓘ prehistoric mammal ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
New Mexico
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ fossil remains ⓘ |
| locomotion | cursorial ⓘ |
| morphology |
elongated snout
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lightly built skull ⓘ relatively small size ⓘ slender build ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| preysOn |
hares
ⓘ
small vertebrates ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Canis latrans
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canis lupus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resembles |
modern coyote
ⓘ
small wolf ⓘ |
| subfamily | Caninae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| temporalRange |
Blancan
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late Hemphillian ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1906 ⓘ |
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 lepophagus Description of subject: Canis lepophagus is an extinct early canid species thought to be a primitive ancestor or close relative of modern wolves and coyotes, known from North American fossil remains.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.