Tragulus
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Tragulus is a genus of small, primitive hoofed mammals known as mouse-deer or chevrotains, native to the forests of Southeast Asia.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tragulus javanicus | 2 |
| Tragulus canonical | 1 |
| Tragulus kanchil | 1 |
| Tragulus napu | 1 |
| Tragulus nigricans | 1 |
| Tragulus versicolor | 1 |
| Tragulus williamsoni | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9492033 — 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: Tragulus Context triple: [Moschiola, hasCommonAncestorWith, Tragulus]
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A.
Tamiops
Tamiops is a genus of small striped tree squirrels native to parts of Asia, commonly known as Asiatic striped squirrels.
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B.
Ailurus
Ailurus is a mammal genus best known for including the red panda, a small, arboreal, bamboo-eating species native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China.
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C.
Timor deer
The Timor deer is a medium-sized deer native to the islands of Indonesia and East Timor, known as a primary prey species for Komodo dragons.
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D.
Rucervus
Rucervus is a genus of large deer native to the Indian subcontinent and surrounding regions, which includes several rare and endangered species.
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E.
Capricornis
Capricornis is a genus of goat-antelopes known as serows, medium-sized, shaggy-coated bovids native to mountainous forests of Asia.
- 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: Tragulus Target entity description: Tragulus is a genus of small, primitive hoofed mammals known as mouse-deer or chevrotains, native to the forests of Southeast Asia.
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A.
Tamiops
Tamiops is a genus of small striped tree squirrels native to parts of Asia, commonly known as Asiatic striped squirrels.
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B.
Ailurus
Ailurus is a mammal genus best known for including the red panda, a small, arboreal, bamboo-eating species native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China.
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C.
Timor deer
The Timor deer is a medium-sized deer native to the islands of Indonesia and East Timor, known as a primary prey species for Komodo dragons.
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D.
Rucervus
Rucervus is a genus of large deer native to the Indian subcontinent and surrounding regions, which includes several rare and endangered species.
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E.
Capricornis
Capricornis is a genus of goat-antelopes known as serows, medium-sized, shaggy-coated bovids native to mountainous forests of Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| activityPattern |
crepuscular
ⓘ
nocturnal ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | Ruminantia ⓘ |
| bodySize | very small ungulate ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
chevrotains
ⓘ
mouse-deer ⓘ |
| describedAs |
primitive hoofed mammals
ⓘ
small hoofed mammals ⓘ |
| diet |
frugivorous
ⓘ
herbivorous ⓘ |
| family | Tragulidae ⓘ |
| foundInCountry |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Singapore ⓘ Thailand ⓘ Vietnam ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
|
| foundInRegion |
Borneo
ⓘ
Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ
linked to:
West Malaysia
Sumatra ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
elongated legs
ⓘ
lacks antlers ⓘ lacks horns ⓘ slender body ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Tragulus javanicus
ⓘ
linked to:
Tragulus
Tragulus kanchil ⓘ
linked to:
Tragulus
Tragulus napu ⓘ
linked to:
Tragulus
Tragulus nigricans ⓘ
linked to:
Tragulus
Tragulus versicolor ⓘ
linked to:
Tragulus
Tragulus williamsoni ⓘ
linked to:
Tragulus
|
| isConsidered | primitive ruminant ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | terrestrial ⓘ |
| namedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Tragulidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproductiveStrategy | gives birth to single offspring ⓘ |
| socialStructure | solitary ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Tragulus javanicus
ⓘ
linked to:
Tragulus
|
| typicalHabitat |
lowland forests
ⓘ
secondary forests ⓘ tropical forests ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1758 ⓘ |
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: Tragulus Description of subject: Tragulus is a genus of small, primitive hoofed mammals known as mouse-deer or chevrotains, native to the forests of Southeast Asia.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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