Canis armbrusteri
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Canis armbrusteri is an extinct large North American canid species, considered a possible ancestor or close relative of the dire wolf.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Canis armbrusteri canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8365136 — 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 armbrusteri Context triple: [Canis, includesSpecies, Canis armbrusteri]
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A.
Canis antonii
Canis antonii is an extinct prehistoric canid species known from fossil remains and considered part of the broader dog and wolf genus Canis.
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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 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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D.
Canis nehringi
Canis nehringi is an extinct South American canid species, closely related to wolves, known primarily from Pleistocene fossil remains.
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E.
Canis lepophagus
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.
- 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 armbrusteri Target entity description: Canis armbrusteri is an extinct large North American canid species, considered a possible ancestor or close relative of the dire wolf.
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A.
Canis antonii
Canis antonii is an extinct prehistoric canid species known from fossil remains and considered part of the broader dog and wolf genus Canis.
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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 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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D.
Canis nehringi
Canis nehringi is an extinct South American canid species, closely related to wolves, known primarily from Pleistocene fossil remains.
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E.
Canis lepophagus
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canid
ⓘ
extinct species ⓘ prehistoric mammal ⓘ |
| belongsTo | canids of North America ⓘ |
| bodySize | large ⓘ |
| clade | Caninae ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | dire wolf ⓘ |
| commonName | Armbruster’s wolf ⓘ |
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | large-game predator ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| family | Canidae ⓘ |
| fossilRecord | known from Pleistocene fossil remains ⓘ |
| fossilTypeLocality | North America ⓘ |
| genus | Canis ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Mexico
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasCharacteristic |
powerful jaws
ⓘ
robust skull ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| morphologyComparedTo | dire wolf ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Armbruster ⓘ |
| nativeTo | North America ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| possibleAncestorOf | Canis dirus ⓘ |
| preyedOn | large herbivorous mammals ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Canis dirus ⓘ |
| suborder | Caniformia ⓘ |
| superfamily | Canoidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| temporalRange | Pleistocene ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | apex predator ⓘ |
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 armbrusteri Description of subject: Canis armbrusteri is an extinct large North American canid species, considered a possible ancestor or close relative of the dire wolf.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.