tribe Nannosciurini
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Tribe Nannosciurini is a taxonomic group of small squirrels within the family Sciuridae, encompassing genera such as Rhinosciurus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| tribe Nannosciurini canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9249441 — 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: tribe Nannosciurini Context triple: [Rhinosciurus, belongsTo, tribe Nannosciurini]
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A.
Callosciurinae
Callosciurinae is a subfamily of squirrels that includes many colorful tree squirrel species native primarily to Southeast Asia.
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B.
Myocastoridae
Myocastoridae is a family of large, semiaquatic rodents best known for the nutria or coypu, which are native to South America but invasive in many other regions.
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C.
Nannosciurus
Nannosciurus is a genus of small Neotropical squirrels in the tribe Sciurini, found primarily in Central and South American forests.
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D.
squirrel subfamily Xerinae
The squirrel subfamily Xerinae is a major group of rodents that includes many ground squirrels, chipmunks, and related species found across diverse habitats worldwide.
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E.
tribe Marmotini
Tribe Marmotini is a group of ground-dwelling squirrels within the squirrel family (Sciuridae), including marmots, ground squirrels, and closely related genera.
- 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: tribe Nannosciurini Target entity description: Tribe Nannosciurini is a taxonomic group of small squirrels within the family Sciuridae, encompassing genera such as Rhinosciurus.
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A.
Callosciurinae
Callosciurinae is a subfamily of squirrels that includes many colorful tree squirrel species native primarily to Southeast Asia.
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B.
Myocastoridae
Myocastoridae is a family of large, semiaquatic rodents best known for the nutria or coypu, which are native to South America but invasive in many other regions.
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C.
Nannosciurus
Nannosciurus is a genus of small Neotropical squirrels in the tribe Sciurini, found primarily in Central and South American forests.
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D.
squirrel subfamily Xerinae
The squirrel subfamily Xerinae is a major group of rodents that includes many ground squirrels, chipmunks, and related species found across diverse habitats worldwide.
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E.
tribe Marmotini
Tribe Marmotini is a group of ground-dwelling squirrels within the squirrel family (Sciuridae), including marmots, ground squirrels, and closely related genera.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mammal tribe
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade |
Eutheria
ⓘ
Glires ⓘ Sciurognathi ⓘ Theria ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
Nannosciurini
ⓘ
linked to:
Nannosciurus
|
| contains | small squirrels ⓘ |
| describedAs | tribe of small squirrels ⓘ |
| family | Sciuridae ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
arboreal habits
ⓘ
rodent dentition ⓘ small body size ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Leptosciurus
ⓘ
Microsciurus ⓘ Nannosciurus ⓘ Rhinosciurus ⓘ Sciurillus ⓘ
linked to:
Sciurillus pusillus
Syntheosciurus ⓘ Tamariscusciurus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| memberOf | Sciuridae ⓘ |
| order | Rodentia ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Sciuridae
ⓘ
Sciurinae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| subfamily | Sciurinae ⓘ |
| taxonomicScope | New World squirrels ⓘ |
| taxonRank | tribe ⓘ |
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: tribe Nannosciurini Description of subject: Tribe Nannosciurini is a taxonomic group of small squirrels within the family Sciuridae, encompassing genera such as Rhinosciurus.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.