Dendrolagus
E151183
Dendrolagus is a genus of arboreal marsupials known as tree-kangaroos, native to the rainforests of New Guinea and northeastern Australia.
All labels observed (15)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1318293 — 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: Dendrolagus Context triple: [Macropodidae, containsGenus, Dendrolagus]
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A.
Trichosurus vulpecula
Trichosurus vulpecula is the common brushtail possum, a nocturnal, arboreal marsupial native to Australia and widely introduced to New Zealand.
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B.
Bennett’s tree-kangaroo
Bennett’s tree-kangaroo is a rare, arboreal marsupial native to the rainforests of northeastern Australia, known for its strong climbing ability and distinctive bear-like appearance.
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C.
Macropodidae
Macropodidae is a family of marsupials that includes kangaroos, wallabies, and their close relatives, characterized by powerful hind legs adapted for hopping.
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D.
Marsupiale
Marsupiale is the nickname of the Savoia-Marchetti SM.82, an Italian World War II-era three-engined transport and bomber aircraft.
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E.
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
The Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat is a burrowing marsupial native to arid regions of southern Australia, known for its compact build, silky fur, and distinctive hairy snout.
- 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: Dendrolagus Target entity description: Dendrolagus is a genus of arboreal marsupials known as tree-kangaroos, native to the rainforests of New Guinea and northeastern Australia.
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A.
Trichosurus vulpecula
Trichosurus vulpecula is the common brushtail possum, a nocturnal, arboreal marsupial native to Australia and widely introduced to New Zealand.
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B.
Bennett’s tree-kangaroo
Bennett’s tree-kangaroo is a rare, arboreal marsupial native to the rainforests of northeastern Australia, known for its strong climbing ability and distinctive bear-like appearance.
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C.
Macropodidae
Macropodidae is a family of marsupials that includes kangaroos, wallabies, and their close relatives, characterized by powerful hind legs adapted for hopping.
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D.
Marsupiale
Marsupiale is the nickname of the Savoia-Marchetti SM.82, an Italian World War II-era three-engined transport and bomber aircraft.
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E.
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
The Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat is a burrowing marsupial native to arid regions of southern Australia, known for its compact build, silky fur, and distinctive hairy snout.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Macropodidae ⓘ |
| biogeographicRealm | Australasian realm ⓘ |
| characteristic |
elongated hind limbs
ⓘ
long tail for balance ⓘ strong forelimbs for climbing ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName | tree-kangaroos ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | many species threatened ⓘ |
| describedAs | arboreal marsupials ⓘ |
| diet |
folivorous
ⓘ
herbivorous ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| family | Macropodidae ⓘ |
| foundInEcosystem | Australasian rainforest ⓘ |
| habitat |
montane rainforest
ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Dendrolagus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Dendrolagus bennettianus
Dendrolagus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dendrolagus dorianus
Dendrolagus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dendrolagus goodfellowi
Dendrolagus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dendrolagus inustus
Dendrolagus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dendrolagus lumholtzi
Dendrolagus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dendrolagus matschiei
Dendrolagus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dendrolagus mayri
Dendrolagus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dendrolagus mbaiso
Dendrolagus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dendrolagus notatus
Dendrolagus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dendrolagus papuensis
Dendrolagus pulcherrimus ⓘ Dendrolagus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dendrolagus scottae
Dendrolagus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dendrolagus spadix
Dendrolagus stellarum ⓘ Dendrolagus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dendrolagus ursinus
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| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion |
arboreal
ⓘ
climbing ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Indonesia
ⓘ
New Guinea ⓘ Papua New Guinea ⓘ northeastern Australia ⓘ |
| order | Diprotodontia ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Macropodidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | marsupial ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat loss
ⓘ
hunting ⓘ |
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: Dendrolagus Description of subject: Dendrolagus is a genus of arboreal marsupials known as tree-kangaroos, native to the rainforests of New Guinea and northeastern Australia.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo
this entity surface form:
Dendrolagus lumholtzi
this entity surface form:
Dendrolagus bennettianus
this entity surface form:
Dendrolagus matschiei
this entity surface form:
Dendrolagus goodfellowi
this entity surface form:
Dendrolagus dorianus
this entity surface form:
Dendrolagus ursinus
this entity surface form:
Dendrolagus inustus
this entity surface form:
Dendrolagus scottae
this entity surface form:
Dendrolagus notatus
this entity surface form:
Dendrolagus mbaiso
this entity surface form:
Dendrolagus spadix
this entity surface form:
Dendrolagus mayri
this entity surface form:
Dendrolagus papuensis