Sumatran tiger
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The Sumatran tiger is a critically endangered, small-bodied subspecies of tiger native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, known for its dark, closely spaced stripes and unique adaptation to dense tropical forests.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sumatran tiger canonical | 9 |
| Panthera tigris jacksoni | 2 |
| Panthera tigris sumatrae | 2 |
| Panthera tigris sondaica | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T730784 — 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: Sumatran tiger Context triple: [Sumatra, hasBiodiversity, Sumatran tiger]
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A.
Amur tiger
The Amur tiger, also known as the Siberian tiger, is the largest living cat species, native to the forests of the Russian Far East and parts of Northeast Asia and renowned for its thick fur and cold-adapted physique.
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B.
Amur leopard
The Amur leopard is a critically endangered leopard subspecies native to the temperate forests of the Russian Far East and northeastern China, renowned as one of the rarest big cats in the world.
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C.
Asiatic lion
The Asiatic lion is a rare subspecies of lion native to India, now found only in and around the Gir Forest region of Gujarat.
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D.
Sumatran rhinoceros
The Sumatran rhinoceros is a critically endangered, small and hairy rhino species native to Southeast Asian forests, known as the most threatened of all living rhinoceroses.
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E.
Tigers
Tigers is the nickname of the Hanshin Tigers, a professional Japanese baseball team based in the Kansai region and one of Nippon Professional Baseball’s most storied franchises.
- 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: Sumatran tiger Target entity description: The Sumatran tiger is a critically endangered, small-bodied subspecies of tiger native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, known for its dark, closely spaced stripes and unique adaptation to dense tropical forests.
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A.
Amur tiger
The Amur tiger, also known as the Siberian tiger, is the largest living cat species, native to the forests of the Russian Far East and parts of Northeast Asia and renowned for its thick fur and cold-adapted physique.
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B.
Amur leopard
The Amur leopard is a critically endangered leopard subspecies native to the temperate forests of the Russian Far East and northeastern China, renowned as one of the rarest big cats in the world.
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C.
Asiatic lion
The Asiatic lion is a rare subspecies of lion native to India, now found only in and around the Gir Forest region of Gujarat.
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D.
Sumatran rhinoceros
The Sumatran rhinoceros is a critically endangered, small and hairy rhino species native to Southeast Asian forests, known as the most threatened of all living rhinoceroses.
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E.
Tigers
Tigers is the nickname of the Hanshin Tigers, a professional Japanese baseball team based in the Kansai region and one of Nippon Professional Baseball’s most storied franchises.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
carnivore
ⓘ
felid ⓘ mammal ⓘ tiger subspecies ⓘ |
| activityPattern | mostly nocturnal ⓘ |
| adaptation | dense tropical forests ⓘ |
| biogeographicRealm | Indomalayan realm ⓘ |
| bodySize | small-bodied among tiger subspecies ⓘ |
| CITESListing | Appendix I ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| coatPattern | dark, closely spaced stripes ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Critically Endangered ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem |
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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surface form:
IUCN Red List
|
| diet | carnivorous ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | apex predator ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Sumatra ⓘ |
| family | Felidae ⓘ |
| furColor | orange-brown with black stripes ⓘ |
| genus | Panthera ⓘ |
| gestationPeriod | about 3.5 months ⓘ |
| habitat |
montane forest
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peat swamp forest ⓘ tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespanInCaptivity | over 20 years ⓘ |
| lifespanInWild | around 15 years ⓘ |
| litterSize | typically 2–3 cubs ⓘ |
| movement | excellent swimmer ⓘ |
| nativeCountry | Indonesia ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Sumatra ⓘ |
| order | Carnivora ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Panthera tigris ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| populationStatus | fewer than a thousand individuals in the wild ⓘ |
| populationTrend | decreasing ⓘ |
| prey |
deer
ⓘ
small mammals ⓘ wild boar ⓘ |
| protectedAreaConservation | Sumatran national parks ⓘ |
| protectedBy | Indonesian law ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| scientificName |
Sumatran tiger
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Panthera tigris sumatrae
|
| sexualDimorphism | males larger than females ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | solitary ⓘ |
| taxonRank | subspecies ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
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human–wildlife conflict ⓘ illegal wildlife trade ⓘ poaching ⓘ |
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: Sumatran tiger Description of subject: The Sumatran tiger is a critically endangered, small-bodied subspecies of tiger native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, known for its dark, closely spaced stripes and unique adaptation to dense tropical forests.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Panthera tigris sumatrae
subject surface form:
Tiger
this entity surface form:
Panthera tigris sumatrae
this entity surface form:
Panthera tigris jacksoni
this entity surface form:
Panthera tigris jacksoni
this entity surface form:
Panthera tigris sondaica