Ictidomys
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Ictidomys is a genus of ground squirrels native to North America, known for their burrowing behavior and distinctive striped or patterned fur.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ictidomys canonical | 1 |
| Ictidomys mexicanus | 1 |
| Ictidomys parvidens | 1 |
| Ictidomys tridecemlineatus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8632023 — 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: Ictidomys Context triple: [Sciurini, includesTaxon, Ictidomys]
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A.
Oreamnos
Oreamnos is a genus of North American mountain goats known for their thick white coats and exceptional climbing ability on steep, rocky terrain.
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B.
Thomomys bottae
Thomomys bottae, commonly known as Botta's pocket gopher, is a burrowing rodent native to western North America, recognized for its extensive tunneling behavior and fur-lined cheek pouches used for carrying food.
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C.
Petinomys
Petinomys is a genus of small flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
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D.
Nesomyidae
Nesomyidae is a diverse family of African and Malagasy rodents that includes climbing mice, pouched rats, and several other specialized lineages.
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E.
Erethizontidae
Erethizontidae is the family of New World porcupines, medium-sized arboreal or terrestrial rodents characterized by coats of sharp quills used for defense.
- 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: Ictidomys Target entity description: Ictidomys is a genus of ground squirrels native to North America, known for their burrowing behavior and distinctive striped or patterned fur.
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A.
Oreamnos
Oreamnos is a genus of North American mountain goats known for their thick white coats and exceptional climbing ability on steep, rocky terrain.
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B.
Thomomys bottae
Thomomys bottae, commonly known as Botta's pocket gopher, is a burrowing rodent native to western North America, recognized for its extensive tunneling behavior and fur-lined cheek pouches used for carrying food.
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C.
Petinomys
Petinomys is a genus of small flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
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D.
Nesomyidae
Nesomyidae is a diverse family of African and Malagasy rodents that includes climbing mice, pouched rats, and several other specialized lineages.
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E.
Erethizontidae
Erethizontidae is the family of New World porcupines, medium-sized arboreal or terrestrial rodents characterized by coats of sharp quills used for defense.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
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: Ictidomys Description of subject: Ictidomys is a genus of ground squirrels native to North America, known for their burrowing behavior and distinctive striped or patterned fur.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ictidomys
linked to: Ictidomys
linked to: Ictidomys