Nannosciurus
E766987
Nannosciurus is a genus of small Neotropical squirrels in the tribe Sciurini, found primarily in Central and South American forests.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nannosciurus canonical | 3 |
| Nannosciurus melanotis | 2 |
| Nannosciurini | 1 |
| Nannosciurus pucheranii | 1 |
| Nannosciurus sanborni | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8632020 — 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: Nannosciurus Context triple: [Sciurini, includesTaxon, Nannosciurus]
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A.
Syntheosciurus
Syntheosciurus is a small genus of tree squirrels in the tribe Sciurini, known from Central American montane forests.
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B.
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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C.
Urosciurus
Urosciurus is a genus of Neotropical tree squirrels in the family Sciuridae, found primarily in the forests of Central and South America.
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D.
Sundasciurus
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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E.
Hyosciurus
Hyosciurus is a genus of rodents in the squirrel family Sciuridae, comprising distinctive long-nosed squirrels native to Sulawesi, Indonesia.
- 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: Nannosciurus Target entity description: Nannosciurus is a genus of small Neotropical squirrels in the tribe Sciurini, found primarily in Central and South American forests.
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A.
Syntheosciurus
Syntheosciurus is a small genus of tree squirrels in the tribe Sciurini, known from Central American montane forests.
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B.
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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C.
Urosciurus
Urosciurus is a genus of Neotropical tree squirrels in the family Sciuridae, found primarily in the forests of Central and South America.
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D.
Sundasciurus
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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E.
Hyosciurus
Hyosciurus is a genus of rodents in the squirrel family Sciuridae, comprising distinctive long-nosed squirrels native to Sulawesi, Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| bodySize | small ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | pygmy squirrels ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Nannosciurus melanotis
ⓘ
linked to:
Nannosciurus
Nannosciurus pucheranii ⓘ
linked to:
Nannosciurus
Nannosciurus sanborni ⓘ
linked to:
Nannosciurus
|
| diet |
fruits
ⓘ
insects ⓘ omnivorous ⓘ seeds ⓘ |
| distribution |
Central America
ⓘ
Neotropics ⓘ
linked to:
Neotropical realm
South America ⓘ |
| family | Sciuridae ⓘ |
| habitat |
Neotropical forests
ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | arboreal ⓘ |
| memberOf | Sciuridae ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Central America
ⓘ
South America ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Rodentia
ⓘ
Sciuridae ⓘ Sciurini ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| subfamily | Sciurinae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tribe | Sciurini ⓘ |
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: Nannosciurus Description of subject: Nannosciurus is a genus of small Neotropical squirrels in the tribe Sciurini, found primarily in Central and South American forests.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nannosciurus
linked to: Nannosciurus
linked to: Nannosciurus
subject linked to:
tribe Nannosciurini
subject linked to:
tribe Nannosciurini
linked to: Nannosciurus
linked to: Nannosciurus