Sundasciurus
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Sundasciurus is a genus of Southeast Asian tree squirrels known for their arboreal habits and diversity across forested habitats in the Sunda region.
All labels observed (19)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8632011 — 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: Sundasciurus Context triple: [Sciurini, includesTaxon, Sundasciurus]
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A.
Myosciurus
Myosciurus is a genus of small African squirrels in the family Sciuridae, best known for the African pygmy squirrel, one of the world’s smallest squirrel species.
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Heliosciurus
Heliosciurus is a genus of African sun squirrels known for their diurnal, arboreal habits and often brightly colored fur.
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Hyosciurus
Hyosciurus is a genus of rodents in the squirrel family Sciuridae, comprising distinctive long-nosed squirrels native to Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Syntheosciurus
Syntheosciurus is a small genus of tree squirrels in the tribe Sciurini, known from Central American montane forests.
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Anomalurus
Anomalurus is a genus of African rodents known as scaly-tailed flying squirrels, distinguished by their gliding membranes and unique keeled scales on the underside of their tails.
- 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: Sundasciurus Target entity description: Sundasciurus is a genus of Southeast Asian tree squirrels known for their arboreal habits and diversity across forested habitats in the Sunda region.
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A.
Myosciurus
Myosciurus is a genus of small African squirrels in the family Sciuridae, best known for the African pygmy squirrel, one of the world’s smallest squirrel species.
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Heliosciurus
Heliosciurus is a genus of African sun squirrels known for their diurnal, arboreal habits and often brightly colored fur.
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C.
Hyosciurus
Hyosciurus is a genus of rodents in the squirrel family Sciuridae, comprising distinctive long-nosed squirrels native to Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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D.
Syntheosciurus
Syntheosciurus is a small genus of tree squirrels in the tribe Sciurini, known from Central American montane forests.
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E.
Anomalurus
Anomalurus is a genus of African rodents known as scaly-tailed flying squirrels, distinguished by their gliding membranes and unique keeled scales on the underside of their tails.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
genus
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taxon ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | Sunda tree squirrels ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Sundasciurus brookei
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Sundasciurus
Sundasciurus davensis ⓘ
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Sundasciurus
Sundasciurus everetti ⓘ
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Sundasciurus
Sundasciurus fraterculus ⓘ
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Sundasciurus
Sundasciurus hippurus ⓘ
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Sundasciurus
Sundasciurus hoogstraali ⓘ
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Sundasciurus
Sundasciurus jentinki ⓘ
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Sundasciurus
Sundasciurus juvencus ⓘ Sundasciurus lowii ⓘ
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Sundasciurus
Sundasciurus mindanensis ⓘ
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Sundasciurus
Sundasciurus mindorensis ⓘ Sundasciurus moellendorffi ⓘ
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Sundasciurus
Sundasciurus natunensis ⓘ
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Sundasciurus
Sundasciurus philippinensis ⓘ Sundasciurus rabori ⓘ
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Sundasciurus
Sundasciurus robinsoni ⓘ
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Sundasciurus
Sundasciurus rufoventris ⓘ Sundasciurus samarensis ⓘ
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Sundasciurus
Sundasciurus steerii ⓘ
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Sundasciurus
Sundasciurus tahan ⓘ
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Sundasciurus
Sundasciurus tenuis ⓘ
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Sundasciurus
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| describedAs | a genus of Southeast Asian tree squirrels ⓘ |
| diet |
fruits
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insects ⓘ omnivorous ⓘ seeds ⓘ |
| ecologicalNiche | arboreal ⓘ |
| family | Sciuridae ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Borneo
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Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ
linked to:
West Malaysia
Philippines ⓘ Sumatra ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Southeast Asia
ⓘ
Sunda region ⓘ
linked to:
Sundaland
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| habitat |
forested habitats
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subtropical forests ⓘ tropical forests ⓘ |
| hasFurColor |
generally brown or gray dorsal fur
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often lighter ventral fur ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | diurnal ⓘ |
| locomotion | tree-climbing ⓘ |
| notableTrait | high species diversity in the Sunda region ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous mammal ⓘ |
| subfamily | Callosciurinae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sundasciurus Description of subject: Sundasciurus is a genus of Southeast Asian tree squirrels known for their arboreal habits and diversity across forested habitats in the Sunda region.
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